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IRREALITY [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
CONT

Irreality, which corresponds to fantasy, is a more fluid medium (than the reality dimension) and more closely related to the central layers of the person. For instance a daydream has less reality than an action; a faraway "ideal" goal is less real than a goal which determines immediate action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
DEF

Caractère de ce qui est irréel (langue soutenue).

OBS

irréel : Se dit de ce qui n'est pas réel, qui paraît en dehors de la réalité; imaginaire, inexistant : Paysage irréel.

Spanish

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