surrealistic

[ UK /səɹi‍əlˈɪstɪk/ ]
[ US /sɝˌiˈɫɪstɪk, sɝˌiəˈɫɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
    a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows
    the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature
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How To Use surrealistic In A Sentence

  • The covers of science “fiction” and “fantasy” novels—and abstract and surrealistic paintings—are replete with the ripe colors and exquisite forms of the intra- and extrastellar planets. Songs of the Arcturians
  • Baldwin weaves biblical imagery deftly into this surrealistic episode, as John undergoes a trial by fire for his soul.
  • Exploring on his own, Kox discovered the surrealist work of Salvador Dali and began painting portraits, landscapes, and surrealistic dreamscapes.
  • Nothing reflects the ludicrous, surrealistic quality of this halachic discourse more than the term mosser, which, like rodef, originated in the dark ages to meet the secret needs of a persecuted religious minority forced to defend itself, as best it could, in a hostile, alien world. 'Israel's Demons': An Exchange
  • The impression, with the surrealistic lighting, was of some grotesque theatre of the macabre. RIOT
  • ‘There is no overt surrealistic content in the sculpture,’ he wrote.
  • Set in an abandoned mine, the work features rapid-fire cuts and scene changes that give it a breathless, surrealistic bite.
  • Each film includes surrealistic locations and bent reality.
  • Most of the accounts describe surrealistic events that usually involve cheating death - but not always.
  • Royal blue and gold brocade curtains and surrealistic paintings set the tone.
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