surreality
nounEtymology From surreal + -ity. Compare French surréalité.
1
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.
- 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:
2
That which is surreal; a surreal entity, event or other fact.
- The surrealities of life are the paradoxes thereof.
- Related terms
- surrealia, surrealism, surrealize, surrealty, incongruity