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IRREALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does irreality mean? 

IRREALITY (noun)
  The noun IRREALITY has 1 sense:

1. the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in factplay

  Familiarity information: IRREALITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IRREALITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

irreality; unreality

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

nonentity; nonexistence (the state of not existing)

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

cloud (out of touch with reality)

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


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