Meanings
plural unrealisms
- countableuncountableUnrealisticness.
Even the most sympathetic scholars of Middle English found it hard to forgive romance authors for this reckless melange; most felt the need to explain away the unrealisms.
1999, David Matthews, Making of Middle English1 more example
It is exactly these “other” meanings, connotations, that POs are designed to allow us to consider, but before talking specifically about POs let's think a little about what Poole calls “unrealisms” [...]
2012, Clive Fencott, Game Invaders
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishrealism
- Englishunrealism
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
unrealism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrealism
“unrealism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrealism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrealism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrealism.
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