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 concert is an in-person escapist fantasy, a dreamscape costarring Baekhyun’s fans as the singer dances his way through upbeat choreography and multiple outfit changes. Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 25 June 2025 Rather than offering a classic heroic zero to hero narrative, Invisible Sun offers a surreal dreamscape with powerful characters to tell stories about very, very strange magic. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 The players drifting through this dreamscape include Daisy Ridley, Eliot Sumner, Willem Dafoe, and a host of other beautiful people clad in gauzy frocks and provocative bralettes. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025 In 1937, Salvador Dalí conceived of a movie that would star the Marx Brothers against a bizarre, romantic dreamscape filled with animals and fire. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 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 20 Jul. 2025.

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