surreality

English

Etymology

From French surréalité, equivalent to surreal +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ælɪti

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.

   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 227:

     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.

2. That which is surreal; a surreal entity, event or other fact.

   The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.

Synonyms

• incongruity

Related terms

• surrealia
• surrealism
• surrealize
• surrealty

Translations

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} surrealtà (it) f