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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria;
- Example: "ghosts and other unreal entities"
- Example: "unreal propaganda serving as news"

2. not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary;
- Example: "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"
- Example: "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"
- Example: "the unreal world of advertising art"

3. contrived by art rather than nature;
- Example: "artificial flowers"
- Example: "artificial flavoring"
- Example: "an artificial diamond"
- Example: "artificial fibers"
- Example: "artificial sweeteners"
[syn: artificial, unreal]

4. lacking material form or substance; unreal;
- Example: "as insubstantial as a dream"
- Example: "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
[syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: existent, 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,
       unreal] [ant: natural]
    4: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial
       as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn:
       insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material,
       real, substantial]