Usually means: Not corresponding to physical reality.
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  1. irreal: Merriam-Webster
  2. irreal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. irreal: Collins English Dictionary
  4. irreal: Wiktionary
  5. irreal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. irreal: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. irreal: Dictionary.com
  8. irreal: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (philosophy) Synonym of intangible, immaterial, not composed of things, having no concrete existence.

Similar:
irrealis, unreal, nonreal, nonimaginary, intangible, unimaginary, incorporeal, unmaterial, untangible, irrealisable, more...

Opposite:
real, actual, tangible, concrete



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Similar:
irrealis, unreal, nonreal, nonimaginary, intangible, unimaginary, incorporeal, unmaterial, untangible, irrealisable, more...

Opposite:
real, actual, tangible, concrete



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