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UK
/səɹiəlˈɪstɪk/
]
[ US /sɝˌiˈɫɪstɪk, sɝˌiəˈɫɪstɪk/ ]
[ US /sɝˌiˈɫɪstɪk, sɝˌiəˈɫɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows
the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature
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.