/ səˈriːəl; NAmE / (also less frequent sur·real·is·tic ) adjective
very strange; more like a dream than reality, with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way
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WORD ORIGIN
1930s: back-formation from surrealism .
/ səˈriːəl; NAmE / (also less frequent sur·real·is·tic ) adjective
very strange; more like a dream than reality, with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way
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WORD ORIGIN
1930s: back-formation from surrealism .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005