SURREAL Definition & Meaning

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surreal

[ suh-ree-uhl, -reel ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic:
surreal complexities of the bureaucracy.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of surreal¹

First recorded in 1935–40; back formation from surrealism ( def ); sur- ¹( def ), real ¹( def )

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This is why the surreal stories about the US tariffing rarely visited islands only inhabited by penguins matter.

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Has your taste always been so fantastical and surreal?

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The dispatch operator from his security company called and asked if he’d like a fire truck sent to his house, a question almost too surreal to answer.

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It was so surreal he thought "maybe I'm sleeping".

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Those surreal “pinch me” moments make me reevaluate growing up and not seeing faces that look like me, or seeing the few that do play characters who weren’t well-rounded.

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