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- adjective Not real.
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Examples
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It could be said that the "difficult" writers of the 20th century began to experiment with the conventions of poetry and fiction for the same reason that painters in the 20th century began to turn away from the conventions of representation to produce various forms of irreal and abstract art.
Poetry 2010
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I like photography as something completely empty, ‘irreal’, as something that preserves the idea of a silent apparition.
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Personally, with my Bizarro texts, I try to test the limits of narrative, create and entertain irreal characters and worlds, represent the absurdity of mediatized society and culture, explore the vicissitudes of unconsciousness and desire, and critique the nature of technocapitalist pseudoreality.
Nonfiction Megan Arkenberg 2009
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I like photography as something completely empty, ‘irreal’, as something that preserves the idea of a silent apparition.
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Nesta análise, as suspeitas confirmam-se: a tirania da notícia apelativa resume a nossa visão do mundo ao comentário superficial, à distorção estatística, em suma, a uma visão irreal da realidade.
Leituras Artur 2008
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Também é algo que nós, que vivemos neste país profundamente irreal, sabemos intuitivamente.
Irreal, sabemos... Artur 2007
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The Cube 53:33: a minimalist black-and-white train ride through perception and the irreal that appeared on NBC Experiment in Television in 1969; the absurdity and existentialism examined here remind me of Zoran Zivkovic's fiction.
the surreal mind of jim henson jlundberg 2007
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Baudrillard chama a esta tendência cultural que nos domina a cultura do simulacro e da simulação, a cultura do irreal que se sobrepõe ao real.
Mais real do que a Realidade Artur 2007
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The progression continues, with stories slipping back and forth across territory that is real, irreal, and surreal.
Archive 2005-04-01 2005
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The progression continues, with stories slipping back and forth across territory that is real, irreal, and surreal.
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"That's very important," Westerburg said earnestly. "KR-3 is a major breakthrough. Anyone affected by it is forced to perceive irreal universes, whether they want to or not."
- P.K. Dick, Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.
March 27, 2012