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  • noun The quality of being virtual; virtuality.

Etymologies

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virtual +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The thing about the Internet is that its appeal is its "virtualness" in part, a virtualness that makes the theory of "harm causing the development of law" tricky to wield.

    Question 3: Virtual Property 2006

  • Another reasons that the "virtualness" of virtual worlds is so fascinating.

    Question 3: Virtual Property 2006

  • Stepan Chapman's "The Troika," in which "virtualness" is so intrinsically tied to character that it becomes transcendent and moving.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • Mom then runs into the room and throws her shoes at Virtual Daddy, reducing his virtualness into a cloud of smoke and rubble.

    Oh, the Possibilities.... - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • Mom then runs into the room and throws her shoes at Virtual Daddy, reducing his virtualness into a cloud of smoke and rubble.

    January 2009 - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • Virtual worlds will be regulated like any other game, but their virtualness normally will have no independent legal resonance from the standpoint of criminal law.

    Criminal Law in Virtual Worlds 2008

  • Virtual worlds will be regulated like any other game, but their virtualness normally will have no independent legal resonance from the standpoint of criminal law.

    February 2008 2008

  • I understand that real world connections sever the true virtualness that many of us here want, so if that perks your ears, I'm sorry.

    Ce n'est pas un monde virtuel 2005

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