surrealistic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
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having features typical or reminiscent of those depicted in surrealistic painting or drawing.
the moon's surrealistic landscape.
Other Word Forms
- nonsurrealistic adjective
- nonsurrealistically adverb
- surrealistically adverb
- unsurrealistic adjective
- unsurrealistically adverb
Etymology
Origin of surrealistic
1925–30; surrealist ( def. ) + -ic
Example Sentences
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The explorations of her mind as a child that she shares here allow you to better understand and more deeply appreciate the surrealistic worlds she presents in “M Train” and “Year of the Monkey.”
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025
Lanthimos’ latest, the surrealistic “Poor Things,” stars Emma Stone, an Oscar nominee from his last movie, “The Favourite.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023
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
Marc-André Dalbavie’s opera based on Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s surrealistic novel “The Melancholy of Resistance” will premiere next summer in Berlin.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023
“In the account I struck upon an especially suitable simile in comparing the Scenicruiser bus to a loop-the- loop in a surrealistic amusement park.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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