Meanings
plural unrealities
- uncountableThe state of being unreal.
Thus it was that I beheld, as never before, the awful unreality called evil. The equipollence of God brought to light another glorious proposition, — man’s perfectibility and the establishment of the kingdom of heaven on earth.
1906, Mary Baker Eddy, “Chapter VI — Science, Theology, Medicine”, in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Science_and_Health_with_Key_to_the_Scriptures_(1906).djvu/126), Harper and Row, page 1101 more example
Then, the Lord, for the sake of those involved in the Universal Vehicle, turned a second wheel of Dharma, even more wondrous and amazing, by proclaiming emptiness, starting from the fact of the unreality, productionlessness, ceaselessness, primordial peace, and natural liberation of all things.
2014, Robert A.F. Thurman, Tsong Khapa's Speech of Gold in the Essence of True Eloquence - countableThat which has no reality or real existence; something unreal or imaginary
- countableuncountableUnpractical character; visionariness.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality possessed by something that is unreal
nounthe state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
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.?
- Latinreālis
- Medieval Latinreālitā
- Frenchréalité
- Englishreality
- Englishunreality
From un- (“lack of, not”) + reality.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan irrealitat
- irrealitatTranslations
French irréalité
- irréalitéTranslations
Irish neamhréaltacht, míréalaíocht
- neamhréaltachtTranslations
- míréalaíochtTranslations
Italian irrealtà
- irrealtàTranslations
Latvian irealitāte
- irealitāteTranslations
Portuguese irrealidade
- irrealidadeTranslations
Spanish irrealidad
- irrealidadTranslations
Cite this entry
unreality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreality
“unreality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unreality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreality.
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