Irreal
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of intangible, immaterial, not composed of things, having no concrete existence.
"'Irreal' objects draw on our previous sensual experience but have never existed; they are created through the spontaneous intentional operations of the imagination."
Example
More examples"'Irreal' objects draw on our previous sensual experience but have never existed; they are created through the spontaneous intentional operations of the imagination."
Etymology
From Latin irrealis, from in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, tangible, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irrealis.
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