Synonyms of surreality

surreality

noun

as in dreaminess

Related Words

• dreaminess
• fiction
• unreality
• fantasy
• irreality
• fictitiousness
• fancy

Dissimilar Words

• reality
• fact
• actuality
• materiality
• truth
• factuality
• authenticity
• genuineness
• verity

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surreality

Throughout, the show’s trademark surreality and sense of play allowed Sweeney to act out massive emotional swings and to edge into the absurd, as in a sequence where Cassie strides through Los Angeles, towering over buildings and dominating the men below. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026

If this is a slightly offbeat choice for a midnight movie column, there’s something to be said about the surreality of viewing such an immediate and reactive artform from nearly 10 years of distance. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 May 2026

His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

The surreality of Colbert and Dratch’s advice made this sketch work. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

The longer Liz stays in that house, the more her mind seems to slip into a Repulsion-esque surreality. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025

There are few characters, minimal flourishes of surreality, and a complete lack of the outré whimsy that defined several of Lanthimos’s previous projects with Stone, including Poor Things and The Favourite. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025