Meaning of irreal | Babel Free

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Synonym of intangible, immaterial, not composed of things, having no concrete existence.

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Examples

“'Irreal' objects draw⟳ on our previous sensual experience⟳ but have⟳ never existed; they are created through the spontaneous intentional operations of the imagination.”

“It is a shift to the ego conceived as irreal, as non-worldly.”

“The irreal spatiality of school dining rooms, including such things as décor, furnishings, modes of ordering, manner of queuing, ambience, 'feel⟳', can also, as we have⟳ seen, actively limit⟳ these governmental ambitions.”

“It is impossible to directly access the imaginations of others, to know⟳ precisely if and how an imagined 'irreal' future is felt by an individual or shared by a 'collective', or to know⟳ if one has shared it oneself.”

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