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irrealis
irrealis
See also: irreális
English
Adjective
irrealis (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of a verb: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.
- Although the only irrealis mood in English is the subjunctive mood, some other languages include additional irrealis moods, including cohortative, jussive, speculative, and optative.