Actuality and Unreality

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Actuality noun - The fact of being or of being real.

Usage example: the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists

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Unreality is an antonym for actuality.

Unreality noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.

Usage example: a sci-fi author who seems to have preferred the unrealities of his own fiction to the realities of the world about him

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Actuality is an antonym for unreality.

Nearby Words: unreal, unrealistic

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Unreality and Actuality. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/actuality/unreality

Actuality & Unreality. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/actuality/unreality>.

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