dreamscape

noun

dream·​scape ˈdrēm-ˌskāp How to pronounce dreamscape (audio)
: a dreamlike usually surrealistic scene
also : a painting of a dreamscape

Examples of dreamscape in a Sentence

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The players drifting through this dreamscape include Daisy Ridley, Eliot Sumner, Willem Dafoe, and a host of other beautiful people clad in gauzy frocks and provocative bralettes. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025 In 1937, Salvador Dalí conceived of a movie that would star the Marx Brothers against a bizarre, romantic dreamscape filled with animals and fire. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2025 Cento Raw Bar, which is the sister property of Cento Pasta Bar and has a dreamscape design from Brandon Miradi that wouldn’t be out of place near the Balearic Sea, should be a nice staycation destination for those who typically summer on Melrose instead of Mallorca. Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 The albums created during or about pandemic lockdowns were often eerily reflective, like Paramore’s This Is Why, or hedonistic dreamscapes, like Beyoncé’s Renaissance. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dreamscape

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dreamscape was in 1948

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“Dreamscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreamscape. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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