Surreal

adj, noun

adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A surreal number.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous.

    "surreal picture/sound/art"

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a dream wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
dreamlikedreamlikedreamlikephantasmagoricphantasmagoricalphantasmagorical

Example

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"Shinichirō Watanabe once considered making an anime about Christopher Columbus, but came to the conclusion that not even anime was expressive enough to properly portray the surreal greatness of Columbus's exploits."

Etymology

A back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real.

Related phrases

surreal numbersurreal number

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