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 season, the show’s surreal dreamscape of ugly Americans has been supersized: There are additional episodes, more full-frontal male nudity, a bigger boat. Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 Night Bloom is heralded as the country’s only nighttime tulip experience and turns the farm, which offers the festival’s only u-pick tulips during the day, into a surreal dreamscape. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025 There is hardly a trace of realism in his shows, which tend to unfold throughout dreamscapes. Joshua Barone, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for dreamscape

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 12 Mar. 2025.

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