surreality

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Recent Examples of surreality The retro pop-culture references only add to the surreality, as does Hawley’s love of superimposing one image over another. Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surreality
Noun
  • His introspective works would range from stories of ordinary life to more overt surrealism, their atmospheres tinged with dreaminess, eroticism and mysterious tensions.
    Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The scenes depicting Hermit’s and Wendy’s memories resemble David Lynch’s dreaminess, with a haze that makes flashbacks feel more like fantasies.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There are no sections that go entirely unloved by our staff, but some favorites include literary fiction, cookbooks, sci fi and fantasy and all things kids' books.
    American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Such subtlety may not necessarily be what readers—perhaps American readers, in particular—expect from political fiction, which can have a reputation for being didactic and heavy-handed, designed to beat readers over the head, as if anything political were made in the mode of Soviet realism.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In rare cases, sleepers gain insight into the unreality of their dreams from within the dream itself.
    Rachel Barr, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
  • For Leader, this hammers home the unreality of a studio without an intense marketing machine around it.
    Ryan Gaur, IndieWire, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • Welcome to my annual fantasy hockey dynasty rankings at The Athletic.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lamb’s seven catches for 110 yards look good, and will appease some fantasy football owners.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Surreality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surreality. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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