unrealism

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Scrabble points: 11
Words With Friends: 15
Letters: 9

Definition of unrealism

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)Unrealisticness.

“Even the most sympathetic scholars of Middle English found it hard to forgive romance authors for this reckless melange; most felt the need to explain away the unrealisms.”
“It is exactly these “other” meanings, connotations, that POs are designed to allow us to consider, but before talking specifically about POs let's think a little about what Poole calls “unrealisms” [...]”

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism English unrealism From un- (“not”) + realism.

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