valótlanság

Valótlanság is a Hungarian noun describing the state or quality of being not real or not true. Etymologically, it derives from való (real, true) with the abstract noun suffix -tlanság, forming a concept opposite to valóság (reality).

The term has several related senses. In philosophical and literary contexts, it denotes ontological unreality: something that does not exist in fact, though it may be presented as if it were real, such as fictitious entities or illusory appearances. In everyday language, valótlanság can refer to falsehoods or misleading claims, though in regular speech more common words for deception are hazugság or hamis állítás. The adjective valótlan means not real or fictitious, and valótlanság thus denotes the quality or status of being unreal or untrue.

Valótlanság is often contrasted with valóság (reality) and with concepts like illúzió (illusion) and fikció (fiction). In art and narrative, it may describe dreamlike or metanarrative elements that challenge the reader’s sense of what within the work is real. It can also function as a critical descriptor for claims or representations that fail to correspond to factual existence or verifiable truth.

See also: valóság, illúzió, fikció, álom, valótlan.