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English
Etymology
From French surréalité, equivalent to surreal + -ity.
Pronunciation
Noun
surreality (countable and uncountable, plural surrealities)
- The 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.
2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 227: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.
- That which is surreal; a surreal entity, event or other fact.
The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.
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