n. That which has no reality or real existence; something unreal or imaginary
n. Unpractical character; visionariness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Lack of reality or real existence.
n. That which has no reality or real existence.
n. Unpractical character; visionariness.
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n. the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
n. the quality possessed by something that is unreal
Word Usage
"And particularly as a writer of the supernatural, I depend on those dream images to give a certain unreality to real-life situations – and to give a certain inevitability to my unreal situations."