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
  • The music video pairs tribal ritualism with coastal dreaminess, leading viewers through a cabin lit by candlelight and a beach after sunset.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • This, the medical profession maintains, is the stuff of fiction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These spots are all gone, but now, due in part to the rise of #BookTok, where genre fiction often goes viral, booksellers are once again getting more targeted in their approach.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The cringing mortifications and unsettling unreality make the series a tough sit.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Longtime Vogue readers can likely recognize Steven Klein’s photographs at a glance, what with their glaring colors, arresting compositions, and beguiling sense of unreality.
    Vogue, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Draped in orange velvet curtains, layered with vintage rugs and filled with embellished pieces that feel as if they’ve been discovered in another time, the space is designed to create an atmosphere that blurs the line between fashion and fantasy.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Surreality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surreality. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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