unrealities

noun

plural of unreality
as in illusions
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality a sci-fi author who seems to have preferred the unrealities of his own fiction to the realities of the world about him

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Recent Examples of unrealities 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrealities
  1. illusions
  2. dreams
  3. fantasies
  4. visions
  5. daydreams
Noun
  • Neither of them, however, had any illusions about his prospects.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Because only in intense, rarefied states will our illusions finally drop away, like redundant scaffolding, freeing us to perceive life on a more visceral level.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
Definition of illusions
Noun
  • Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • So many players go into a World Cup wide-eyed, full of hopes and dreams, and leave it a few weeks later feeling utterly crushed.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of dreams
Noun
  • Marina, however, is not looking to the west; her dream is to go further east on a trip fueled by fantasies that her real father was a Russian soldier, if her mother’s secret cache of love letters are anything to go by.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
  • Indeed, Brocka insists on escapist fantasies in a world that otherwise offers no escape, which, in my view, is more hopeful than bleak — and, in turn, allows this kind of gritty sensuality to persist in his ever-enduring, luminous cinema.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of fantasies
Noun
  • At a time when Americans disagree deeply over the meaning of citizenship, belonging and education, summer camps remain places where values and visions of America as inclusive or exclusive are communicated to young people.
    — Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • With all the change in Miami Gardens, there are visions of returning to consistent competitiveness for the first time since Dan Marino was Dolphins quarterback and eventually a Super Bowl title, which hasn’t been delivered since 1973.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026
Definition of visions
Noun
  • And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
  • One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
Definition of daydreams

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“Unrealities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrealities. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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