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surrealistic

sur·rea·lis·tic

UK/səˌɹiː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/ US/səˌɹi.əˈlɪs.tɪk/ 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”

Origin

From surreal + -istic.

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