unreal (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def lacking in reality or substance or genuineness
def not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
examples ghosts and other unreal entities
unreal propaganda serving as news
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Also see artificial, unreal; counterfeit, imitative; insincere; supernatural; unrealistic
Attribute reality, realness, realism
Derivationally related form unreal → unreality; unreal → unreality
Antonym unreal → real
Similar to dreamed(a); envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised; eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil(a); fabled, legendary; fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious; fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological; fanciful, imaginary, notional; fantastic, fantastical; hallucinatory; illusional, illusionary; illusive, illusory; make-believe, pretend
Incoming links
Also see counterfeit, imitative; artificial, unreal; supernatural; unrealistic; insincere
Antonym real → unreal
Similar to dreamed(a); envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised; eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil(a); fabled, legendary; fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious; fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological; fanciful, imaginary, notional; fantastic, fantastical; hallucinatory; illusional, illusionary; illusive, illusory; make-believe, pretend
Derivationally related form unreality → unreal; unreality → unreal
Attribute reality, realness, realism

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