dreamscape

noun

dream·​scape ˈdrēm-ˌskāp How to pronounce dreamscape (audio)
: a dreamlike usually surrealistic scene
also : a painting of a dreamscape

Examples of dreamscape in a Sentence

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This was always going to be a celebratory occasion, a dreamscape made reality in the distinctive mizzle of France’s northwest frontierland. Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025 To a soundtrack of orchestral chants or sea shanties, fanciful motifs flow from his old-school dip pen, conjuring scenes that hover between architectural ruins, theater sets, and sylvan dreamscapes. Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 At Eras, its gravity was arranged like a dreamscape, the final floating moments seemingly designed to diffuse its pain and send the unflinching details into flight, entering a new memory collectively. Jenn Pelly, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 Foreman theater answered this call by creating dreamscapes that eluded our intellect’s mania for control. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dreamscape 

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dreamscape was in 1948

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“Dreamscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dreamscape. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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