Meanings
plural surrealities
- 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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Old Frenchsur-
- Frenchsur-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchreel
- Middle Frenchreal
- Frenchréel
- Frenchréalisme
- Frenchsurréalisme
- Englishsurrealismbf.
- Englishsurreal
- Englishsurreality
From surreal + -ity. Compare French surréalité.
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Cite this entry
surreality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreality
“surreality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreality. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surreality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surreality.
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