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unrealize

unrealize verb: to make unreal; to idealize.

Verb (1)

unrealize (third-person singular simple present unrealizes, present participle unrealizing, simple past and past participle unrealized)

  1. (transitive) To make unreal; to idealize.
    • His fancy, habitually moving about in worlds not realized, unrealizes everything at a touch.1875, James Russell Lowell, Spenser
    • But De Quincey generally sees a much deeper technical significance, an idealizing or unrealizing effect in the language.1951, Journal of Literary History, page 39

Verb (2)

unrealize (third-person singular simple present unrealizes, present participle unrealizing, simple past and past participle unrealized)

  1. (nonce-word) To alter one's own viewpoint after a previous realization; to change one's mind.
    • I easily realized that all of his statements were wrong. How do you unrealize that?

Forms of unrealize

third-person singular presentunrealizes
present participleunrealizing
past participleunrealized
pastunrealized

Origin of unrealize

From unreal + -ize.

From un- + realize.

Questions about unrealize

What does unrealize mean?
Unrealize means to make unreal; to idealize.
What part of speech is unrealize?
Unrealize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrealize?
The past tense of unrealize is unrealized.

Words near unrealize in the dictionary

  1. unrealities
  2. unreality
  3. unrealizability
  4. unrealizable
  5. unrealizably
  6. unrealize
  7. unrealized
  8. unrealizedness
  9. unrealizes
  10. unrealizing
  11. unreally

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