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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are less real" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare the reality or authenticity of two or more things, indicating that one is not as genuine or substantial as the other.
Example: "In the realm of virtual experiences, some interactions are less real than face-to-face conversations."
Alternatives: "are not as genuine" or "are more abstract".
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They are less real, more ethereal than the people in the painting.
But who is to say that they are less real than Professor Davies's disappeared countries?
This does not mean they are less real, less important, or less damaging when they do seep out.
Adapting the work of Derek Parfit, he could have argued that selves are less real than we think, and that midlife crises are, therefore, about nothing.
But on the other hand movies are less real because, in the theater, there are three walls that look like the place you're supposed to be in, and then one big, black wall that you sort of ignore.
We may even feel ashamed of our online connections due to the prevailing sense that these connections are less "real" than others, and that amassing too many online contacts could make us seem narcissistic (which it actually may, according to recent research).
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It's less real than surreal — a hallucination.
Logic suggests that what is less real must be contained by what is more real...
Lauren (Mary Catherine Donnelly) and Trisha (Marguerite French) may be less real, yet they're more entertaining.
And that I was telling him that his pain, somehow, as a consequence, was less real.
They think my academic and journalistic work is less real than Zuckerberg's dog?
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