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surrealistic

American  
[suh-ree-uh-lis-tik] / səˌri əˈlɪs tɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.

  2. having features typical or reminiscent of those depicted in surrealistic painting or drawing.

    the moon's surrealistic landscape.


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Etymology

Origin of surrealistic

1925–30; surrealist ( def. ) + -ic

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Released in late 2024, "Wild God" is a vivid, lush, almost surrealistic collection of songs, and so the tour that presents them at its core is constructed to support that.

From Salon May 13, 2025

His final film was “Inland Empire,” a surrealistic 2006 thriller that was filmed as it was being written.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2025

Elle calls this surrealistic novel “funny, brilliant, gutting, and easily devoured over the course of one blissful afternoon.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2024

He stresses that he wanted to create the surrealistic life of a Secret Service agent, one minute guarding the president and another chasing guys passing a fake $20.

From Washington Times Jul. 27, 2023

The tops of the sheer buildings slanted in weird, surrealistic perspective, and the street seemed tilted.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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