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unreˈality
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1751Warburton Pope's Wks. III. 42 They conclude in the most extravagant and senseless inferences; such as the unreality of matter; the reality of space. 1798Lamb Ros. Gray xi, Past associations revived with the music—blended with a sense of unreality. 1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. vi. 8 Unreality is death, to Parliaments and to all things. 1880E. White Cert. Relig. 45 They are seen in a glory mist which throws a certain unreality over their outlines.
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1817Southey Fragm. Th. on Son's Death Wks. (1909) 741/1 They are not, though, Mere unrealities. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iv. i, The unrealities, beaten into dust, flew gradually off. 1863E. V. Neale Anal. Th. & Nat. 31 If time is not to become an unreality to us. |