So, surreal describes something that’s a bizarre mix of elements, often jarring and seemingly nonsensical. Images can be surreal, like the melting clocks in Salvador Dali's paintings, but so can strange, dream-like moments in everyday life.
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In 1924 a group of European poets, painters, and filmmakers founded a movement that they called Surrealism. Their central idea was that the unconscious mind (a concept Sigmund Freud had recently made famous) was the source of all imagination, and that art should try to express its contents.
Driving through the total darkness was a slightly surreal experience. The action is also elevated to a surreal level where a struggle over power and justice is carried out. Unlike in the stereo space, we are convinced to accept what was previously 'surreal' as real.
Works of Surrealism feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.
If you describe something as surreal, you mean that the elements in it are combined in a strange way that you would not normally expect, like in a dream. 'Performance' is undoubtedly one of the most surreal movies ever made. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers