dictionary definitions for "unreal"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  unreal
      adj 1: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not
             corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria;
             "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda
             serving as news" [ant: real]
      2: not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary;
         "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the
         fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy";
         "the unreal world of advertising art" [ant: {real(a)}]
      3: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers";
         "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond";
         "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn:
         artificial] [ant: natural]
      4: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as
         insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the
         horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial] [ant:
         substantial]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unreal \Un*re"al\, a.
     Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
     [1913 Webster]


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