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US
/ˌənɹiˈæɫəti/
]
[ UK /ʌnɹɪˈælɪti/ ]
[ UK /ʌnɹɪˈælɪti/ ]
NOUN
- the quality possessed by something that is unreal
- the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
How To Use unreality In A Sentence
- Everything took on a dreamlike sense of unreality, and faded into blackness.
- The falseness, the unreality of perpetually putting on a public face and concealing personal suffering have clearly taken their toll.
- That sensation of disembodiment—pleasurable during a kiss, aversive when you first suffer the death of a loved one—is common in first experiences, as are feelings of heightened reality or unreality.
- She recognized the symptoms: the fuzzy warmth, the sense of detachment, the strange air of unreality. CHAMELEON
- More than anything else, this wretched film has about it an intense air of unreality.
- To his surprise he didn't feel too weak. Light-headed certainly, and with a sense of unreality, but able to walk.
- This lack of genuine relationships with other human beings is characteristic of the unreality of Capitol Hill.
- Enjoying stardom while shrewdly aware of its unreality, she was accessible, loyal, generous, with a pungent sense of humour.
- To his surprise he didn't feel too weak. Light-headed certainly, and with a sense of unreality, but able to walk.
- Still, ideology scores high marks for the true believers who isolate themselves in a bubble of unreality.