"surreality" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: surrealities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From French surréalité, equivalent to surreal + -ity. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|surréalité}} French surréalité, {{suffix|en|surreal|ity|nocat=1}} surreal + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surreality (countable and uncountable, plural surrealities)
  1. The state of being incongruous or surreal. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-surreality-en-noun-7oAA-oj4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 77 23
  2. That which is surreal; a surreal entity, event or other fact. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-surreality-en-noun-86SGIQmH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incongruity Related terms: surrealia, surrealism, surrealize, surrealty

Inflected forms

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