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UNREALITY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality possessed by something that is unrealplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unreality" is a kind of...):

immateriality; incorporeality (the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter)

Antonym:

reality (the quality possessed by something that is real)

Derivation:

unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in factplay

Synonyms:

irreality; unreality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("unreality" is a kind of...):

nonentity; nonexistence (the state of not existing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unreality"):

cloud (out of touch with reality)

falseness; falsity (the state of being false or untrue)

Antonym:

reality (the state of being actual or real)

Derivation:

unreal (lacking material form or substance; unreal)

unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)

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