Definitions for surrealsəˈri əl, -ˈril
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sur•re•alsəˈri əl, -ˈril(adj.)
Category: Fine Arts, Literature
Ref: surrealistic.
having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic.
Origin of surreal:
1935–40
sur•re•al′i•ty-ˈæl ɪ ti(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic(adj)
characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
"a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature"
dreamlike, surreal(adj)
resembling a dream
"night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream"
Wiktionary
surreal(Adjective)
Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous
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