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Definition of Irreality
1. Noun. The state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact.
Generic synonyms: Nonentity, Nonexistence
Specialized synonyms: Cloud, Falseness, Falsity
Antonyms: Reality
Derivative terms: Unreal, Unreal
Definition of Irreality
1. Noun. (uncommon) Unreality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irreality
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irreality
Literary usage of Irreality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grundzüge Der Deutschen Grammatik: Der grammatische Teil der Essentials of by Bert John Vos (1914)
"... bie, —, -en, per- the form of irreality, unreal sonal ending, condition.
nie, never. perfect. ..."
2. Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson (1911)
"... sprang from the brain, and as if the detail of conscious activity were modeled
on that of the cerebral activity. Irreality, conscious- ness does ..."
3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1904)
"The language of Homer was nowhere able to give a forcible expression to the idea
of "irreality " and the later Greek had succeeded no better. XXIII, pp. ..."
4. Estimates in Art by Frank Jewett Mather (1916)
"... of Burne-Jones and Puvis assumes a pallor of irreality. Rossetti's mediaevalism
looks flimsy, ..."
5. Grundzüge Der Deutschen Grammatik: Der grammatische Teil der Essentials of by Bert John Vos (1914)
"... bie, —, -en, per- the form of irreality, unreal sonal ending, condition.
nie, never. perfect. ..."
6. Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson (1911)
"... sprang from the brain, and as if the detail of conscious activity were modeled
on that of the cerebral activity. Irreality, conscious- ness does ..."
7. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1904)
"The language of Homer was nowhere able to give a forcible expression to the idea
of "irreality " and the later Greek had succeeded no better. XXIII, pp. ..."
8. Estimates in Art by Frank Jewett Mather (1916)
"... of Burne-Jones and Puvis assumes a pallor of irreality. Rossetti's mediaevalism
looks flimsy, ..."