surreality

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noun

The state of being incongruous or surreal.

“The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.”

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Meanings

nounsurreality (countable and uncountable, plural surrealities)

plural surrealities

  1. countableuncountableThe 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.

    1 more example

    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.

    2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 227
  2. countableuncountableThat which is surreal; a surreal entity, event or other fact.

    The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Old Frenchsur-
  7. Frenchsur-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  10. Proto-Italic*reis
  11. Classical Latinrēs
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinreālis
  15. Old Frenchreel
  16. Middle Frenchreal
  17. Frenchréel
  18. Frenchréalisme
  19. Frenchsurréalisme
  20. Englishsurrealismbf.
  21. Englishsurreal
  22. Englishsurreality

From surreal + -ity. Compare French surréalité.

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APA

surreality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreality

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“surreality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surreality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreality.

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