surreal

sur·re·al

 (sə-rē′əl)

adj.

1. Having qualities attributed to or associated with surrealism: "Even with most facilities shut down ... a few mavericks managed to slip into the park to sample the almost surreal emptiness before the shutdown ended." (Peter H. King).

2. Having an oddly dreamlike quality.

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[Back-formation from surrealism.]

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sur′re·al′i·ty (-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.

sur·re′al·ly adv.

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surreal

(səˈrɪəl)

adj

(Art Terms) suggestive of surrealism; dreamlike

n

(Art Terms) the surreal the atmosphere or qualities evoked by surrealism

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sur•re•al

(səˈri əl, -ˈril)

adj.

1. surrealistic.

2. having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic.

[1935–40]

sur•re′al•ly, adv.

sur•re•al′i•ty (-ˈæl ɪ ti) n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	surreal - characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic unrealistic - not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels"
	2.	surreal - resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream" dreamlike unreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"

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Translations

surreal

σουρεαλιστικός

epätodellinen

surreal

[səˈrɪəl] ADJ → surreal, surrealista

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surreal

[səˈriːəl] adj → surréel(le)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

surreal

adj → unwirklich

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surreal

[səˈrɪəl] adj (unreal) → surreale; (strange) → bizzarro/a

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