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surreal

sur·real

UK/səˈɹiː(.ə)l/ US/syːˈɹiː(.ə)l/ uncommon

adjective

1.

characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions

  • “a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows” -J.C.Powys
  • “the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature”
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2.

resembling a dream

  • “night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality”
  • “as irrational and surreal as a dream”
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