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Definition of surreal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

surreal

adjective
 
/səˈriːəl/
 
/səˈriːəl/
(also less frequent surrealistic)
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  1. very strange; more like a dream than reality, with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way
    • surreal images
    • The play was a surreal mix of fact and fantasy.
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    Oxford Collocations DictionarySurreal is used with these nouns:
    • imagery
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    Word Origin1930s: back-formation from surrealism.
See surreal in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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