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Recent Examples of surreality
As the granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola and daughter of Sofia Coppola and Phoenix front man Thomas Mars, her life has surely been lived toed up to the line of surreality.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
The longer Liz stays in that house, the more her mind seems to slip into a Repulsion-esque surreality.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
There are few characters, minimal flourishes of surreality, and a complete lack of the outré whimsy that defined several of Lanthimos’s previous projects with Stone, including Poor Things and The Favourite.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
The longer Liz stays in that house, the more her mind seems to slip into a Repulsion-esque surreality.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
There are few characters, minimal flourishes of surreality, and a complete lack of the outré whimsy that defined several of Lanthimos’s previous projects with Stone, including Poor Things and The Favourite.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surreality
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Drawing a little inspiration from the ballistic footwork grooves of DJ L and the dreaminess of Pi’erre Bourne, the production clique—composed of Maajins, sxprano, and ivvys—has pioneered a glitchy, intricate beatmaking style that takes a hacksaw to the standard patterns of rap percussion.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
10 Dec. 2025
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The music video pairs tribal ritualism with coastal dreaminess, leading viewers through a cabin lit by candlelight and a beach after sunset.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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Just as Hedayat’s narrator tries to preserve the fleeting presence of the ethereal woman through an image, Golshiri’s protagonist has spent a lifetime writing this unattainable woman into his fiction to keep her alive.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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In an interview edited for length and clarity, Connelly talked about how he was convinced of Baber’s conclusions, the revelations the investigation reveals, as well as an update on his work in fiction and television.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2026
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To hear about a mass shooting in another city is to feel one is at the periphery of ongoing history; but perversely, to live near the site of a shooting is to feel nothing has changed except that unreality has come closer.—
Karan Mahajan,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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In giving each of its characters new foils, the unreality of the show finally takes off.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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More elite than university even, the boarding school occupies a fantasy space in the writer’s imagination, making novels about them a tantalizing glimpse into another world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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In his director’s statement, Edwin describes the film as an attempt to merge horror with dark comedy and surreal fantasy while confronting labor exploitation and dehumanizing working conditions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Surreality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surreality. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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