dreamscape
pronunciation
How to pronounce dreamscape in British English:
UK ['dri:mskeɪp]
How to pronounce dreamscape in American English:
US ['drimˌskeɪp]
Word Origin
- dreamscape (n.)
- 1959, from dream + second element abstracted from landscape, etc. First attested in a Sylvia Plath poem.
Example
- 1. Though it 's pure soviet science fiction ( the first of its kind no less ) , he devoted his entire life to turning this techno-communist dreamscape into reality .
- 2. Whether this fidgeting is random or serves a function has never been clear , but a new study suggests that our eyes shift their gaze to fixate on the imagined people , places and actions in our sleep dreamscape .
- 3. The fairy tale is the first story of childhood because it tells of such leaving behind ( parents and home ) , of entering the dreamscape of the woods-and the mind .