Unrealize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make unreal; to idealize. transitive

    "His fancy, habitually moving about in worlds not realized, unrealizes everything at a touch."

  2. 2
    To alter one's own viewpoint after a previous realization; to change one's mind. nonce-word

    "I easily realized that all of his statements were wrong. How do you unrealize that?"

Example

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"His fancy, habitually moving about in worlds not realized, unrealizes everything at a touch."

Etymology

In sense 1, unreal + -ize. In sense 2, un- + realize.

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