Buñuelian

adjective

Relating to Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), Mexican-Spanish filmmaker who worked in many genres, including surrealism.

OriginSpanish Buñuel →
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Meanings

adjectiveBuñuelian (comparative more Buñuelian, superlative most Buñuelian)

comparative more Buñuelian · superlative most Buñuelian

  1. Relating to Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), Mexican-Spanish filmmaker who worked in many genres, including surrealism.

    The genius screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York, the devastating Buñuelian comedy of mortality that he also directed, can’t get a movie off the ground.

    2025 September 12, Ryan Gilbey, “‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – and toothache”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. SpanishBuñuel
  2. EnglishBuñuelian

From Spanish Buñuel + -ian.

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Cite this entry
APA

Buñuelian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bu%C3%B1uelian

MLA

“Buñuelian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bu%C3%B1uelian. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buñuelian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bu%C3%B1uelian.

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