surreality

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Recent Examples of surreality Director Lance Oppenheim, who makes his narrative feature debut with the A24 release, really spoke to the surreality of it all while speaking at the film’s festival press conference. Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 Last November, Levy spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the influence that Star Wars had on his work and the surreality of now making one of these movies himself. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug. 2026 The evolution of homicidal doll Chucky has been a real trip since his debut in 1988, and 1998's Bride of Chucky marked an inflection point toward gonzo surreality under the direction of Hong Kong action-horror master Ronny Yu. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026 Throughout, the show’s trademark surreality and sense of play allowed Sweeney to act out massive emotional swings and to edge into the absurd, as in a sequence where Cassie strides through Los Angeles, towering over buildings and dominating the men below. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026 His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality. Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026 The surreality of Colbert and Dratch’s advice made this sketch work. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 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
Noun
  • At a party one night, struggling musician Owen strikes a connection with a young woman (Sadie Soverall) that feels downright magical — she’s even dressed as a fairy, emphasizing the dreaminess of the moment.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement Michael, at his peak, offered us a cosmopolitan dreaminess that feels too remote in today’s hyper-fractured world.
    Steven Gray, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • French decadence, magical realism, nineteenth-century sensational fiction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many of Jumbo’s dancers write fiction and memoir, host literary salons across Los Angeles and find ways to tell their own stories rather than serve as muses.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • God is the infinite Mind that naturally causes each individual to know right from wrong, truth from untruth, and most importantly, reality from unreality.
    Suzanne Riedel, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
  • The passion for sports is a matter of its unrealities—its past is more myth than history.
    Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Clarke broke into the zeitgeist as Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons, on HBO’s Emmys fantasy juggernaut.
    Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Those splash plays have endeared him to fans and fantasy managers alike.
    Gary Davenport, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Surreality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surreality. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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