irreality
State of nonexistence
Irreality is the quality of being unreal or disconnected from reality.
The term appears in philosophical and literary contexts to describe states, experiences, or works that depart from ordinary reality: The film's dreamlike irreality left viewers disoriented.
It suggests something more deliberate or substantive than mere unreality—a condition with its own internal logic rather than simple falseness.
Imagined realm during sleep
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- lucid dreamingSleep state with awareness
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
nightmare · subconscious · somnolent · phantasmagoria · vision · slumber · REM · sleep
Atmospheric optical deception
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- optical illusionMisleading visual perception
- simulacrumImitative stand-in for reality
hologram · chimera · figment · specter · phantom · trompe l'oeil · deception · hallucination
Study of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
epistemology · transcendental · immaterial · dualism · monism · maya · simulacra · hyperreality
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- absenceState of not being
- nullityComplete absence or invalidity
- nonbeingAbsence of existence
vacuum · emptiness · inexistence · insubstantiality · negation · lacuna · blank · nil
Of folklore, not fact
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- fableMoral tale with animals
wizardry · sorcery · magical · otherworldly · fantastical · imaginary realm · make-believe · storybook
Nightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- distortionTwisting from original state
juxtaposition · absurdist · disorientation · hallucinatory · bizarre · paradoxical · incongruous · dislocated
dreamscape
Imagined realm during sleep
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- lucid dreamingSleep state with awareness
hallucination · nightmare · subconscious · somnolent · phantasmagoria · vision · slumber · REM · sleep · trance
mirage
Atmospheric optical deception
- phantasmIllusory supernatural appearance
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- optical illusionMisleading visual perception
simulacrum · hologram · chimera · figment · specter · phantom · trompe l'oeil · deception · hallucination · delusion
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
- idealismBelief in noble principles
metaphysical · epistemology · transcendental · immaterial · dualism · monism · maya · simulacra · hyperreality · existentialism
void
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- absenceState of not being
- nullityComplete absence or invalidity
nonbeing · vacuum · emptiness · inexistence · insubstantiality · negation · lacuna · blank · nil · zero
mythical
Of folklore, not fact
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
- legendUnverified traditional tale
fable · wizardry · sorcery · magical · otherworldly · fantastical · imaginary realm · make-believe · storybook · wonderland
kafkaesque
Nightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
distortion · juxtaposition · absurdist · disorientation · hallucinatory · bizarre · paradoxical · incongruous · dislocated · warped
irrealityreality
What actually exists
actuality · realness · existence · being · substantiality
irrealityfactuality
Adherence to truth
realism · actuality · factualness · fact · truth
real, realize, really, reality, unreal, realistic, surreal, realism, unreality