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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The fairy-tale forest evokes a little girl’s interpretation of the world, a garbled dreamscape of prohibitions and pleasures. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024 Who’s to say such Afrofuturist dreamscapes don’t have more to say about our relationship with technology in the centuries ahead than Hollywood’s spectacles, especially given the cultural and economic vibrancy expected to accompany the demographic surge to come out of Africa? Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024 Imagine the best of California and Colorado wine countries combined into a single dreamscape of lakeside vineyards and orchards, with rolling foothills covered in sagebrush and pine set against a backdrop of arid mountain peaks. Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024 Guests dressed in cocktail attire were invited to roam the museum after hours while the lights of the city glittered like a mystical dreamscape below. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024 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 25 Nov. 2024.

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