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surreality

surreality noun: the state of being incongruous or surreal.

Noun

surreality (countable and uncountable, plural surrealities)

  1. The state of being incongruous or surreal.
    • The surreality of the crash scene dawned upon him only when he saw a holy figure in the smoke.
    • And when he goes to greet his mother the surreality of it all stares him in the face: in two years she's turned into a little old lady.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 227
  2. That which is surreal; a surreal entity, event or other fact.
    • The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.

Forms of surreality

pluralsurrealities

Origin of surreality

From surreal + -ity. Compare French surréalité.

Words that rhyme with surreality

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Questions about surreality

What does surreality mean?
Surreality means the state of being incongruous or surreal.
What part of speech is surreality?
Surreality is a noun.
What is the plural of surreality?
The plural of surreality is surrealities.

Words near surreality in the dictionary

  1. surrealist
  2. surrealistic
  3. surrealistically
  4. surrealists
  5. surrealities
  6. surreality
  7. surrealize
  8. surrealized
  9. surrealizes
  10. surrealizing
  11. surreally

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