dreamscape
Americannoun
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a dreamlike, often surrealistic scene.
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a painting depicting such a scene.
Etymology
Origin of dreamscape
Example Sentences
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More often, Ms. Frank deploys an unusual combination of instruments, such as piccolos and celesta, or a motif—like the short, repeated pulse that sounds like a cry—to create a dreamscape that is all her own.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Molina indulges in fantasies to stay sane, a dreamscape we experience as scenes from a 1940s classic Hollywood musical.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
She draws on sensation and rhythm; through the placement and poetry of motion, a living dreamscape emerges.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
MoM opened with a group exhibition that explored ritual and witchcraft in contemporary art, and a candy-colored, immersive dreamscape installation by local artists Neonsaltwater and Brian Sanchez.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023
Black-and-white farmland gives way to a Technicolor dreamscape, as vivid and unpredictable as Dorothy Gale’s real life is ordinary and familiar.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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