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irrealis.

Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs//ɪɹiˈælɪs//ɪˈɹiəlɪs/
  1. Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.

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Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal.

noun/ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs//ɪɹiˈælɪs//ɪˈɹiəlɪs/
  1. An irrealis construct.

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal.

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