Unreality
noun ·5 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Lack of reality or real existence. countable, uncountable
- 2 the quality possessed by something that is unreal wordnet
- 3 The state of being unreal. uncountable
"Thus it was that I beheld, as never before, the awful unreality called evil. The equipollence of God brought to light another glorious proposition, — man’s perfectibility and the establishment of the kingdom of heaven on earth."
- 4 ineptitude in dealing with reality. wordnet
- 5 That which has no reality or real existence; something unreal or imaginary countable
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- 6 the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact wordnet
- 7 Unpractical character; visionariness. countable, uncountable
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More examples"Understood in its totality, the spectacle is both the result and the goal of the dominant mode of production. It is not a mere decoration added to the real world. It is the very heart of this real society's unreality. In all of its particular manifestations — news, propaganda, advertising, entertainment — the spectacle represents the dominant model of life. It is the omnipresent affirmation of the choices that have already been made in the sphere of production and in the consumption implied by that production. In both form and content the spectacle serves as a total justification of the conditions and goals of the existing system. The spectacle also represents the constant presence of this justification since it monopolizes the majority of the time spent outside the production process."
Etymology
From un- (“lack of, not”) + reality.
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