irreal.

Not belonging to actuality or treated as unreal within a specified account.

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Words that belong together

• an irreal world
• an irreal construction

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The philosopher described the narrative’s irreal world without denying its emotional force.

She called the scene irreal because its objects could not coexist in the story’s stated reality.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Relational or ontological adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.