IRREALITY Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

irreality

noun

Definition of irreality

as in unreality

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Recent Examples of irreality Reality was ugly, but irreality is a numb trap, fertile for regret. — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 There was no amazing aftertaste of citrus-sharp malice after trips to Disneyland, no sense of irreality pouncing upon the real and quite deliberately eating it for breakfast. — Helen Oyeyemi, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2021 This unearthly tension between reality and irreality is exacerbated by the setting. — Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 4 Jan. 2020

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unreality

Noun

God is the infinite Mind that naturally causes each individual to know right from wrong, truth from untruth, and most importantly, reality from unreality.

— Suzanne Riedel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
The passion for sports is a matter of its unrealities—its past is more myth than history.

— Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 3 June 2026