UNREALITY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

unreality

noun

ˌən-rē-ˈa-lə-tē

as in illusion

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 unreality Yet even as Pym stalked him, slept with him, and pined after him, there was an element of unreality in her ardor, Harvey recalled. —

Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025 The cringing mortifications and unsettling unreality make the series a tough sit. —

Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025 Longtime Vogue readers can likely recognize Steven Klein’s photographs at a glance, what with their glaring colors, arresting compositions, and beguiling sense of unreality. —

Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025 In rare cases, sleepers gain insight into the unreality of their dreams from within the dream itself. —

Rachel Barr, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unreality

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More surprisingly, the checklist of stunts does lend itself to the film-with-in-the-film’s ever-unfolding, ad hoc script, with the boys wearing a very funny cut-out of Darby’s face to give the illusion of a leading man holding it all together.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
Even the most die-hard anti-American cleric in the Iranian political system did not harbor illusions that Iran could defeat the United States in conventional ways.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026