surrealize

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verb

To convert to a surreal form or way.

OriginEnglish surreal ← French surréalisme ← Middle French real →
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Meanings

verbsurrealize (third-person singular simple present surrealizes, present participle surrealizing, simple past and past participle surrealized)

present singular third person surrealizes · participle present surrealizing · participle past surrealized · past surrealized

  1. transitiveuncommonTo convert to a surreal form or way.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Old Frenchsur-
  7. Frenchsur-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  10. Proto-Italic*reis
  11. Classical Latinrēs
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinreālis
  15. Old Frenchreel
  16. Middle Frenchreal
  17. Frenchréel
  18. Frenchréalisme
  19. Frenchsurréalisme
  20. Englishsurrealismbf.
  21. Englishsurreal
  22. Englishsurrealize

From surreal + -ize.

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APA

surrealize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surrealize

MLA

“surrealize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surrealize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surrealize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surrealize.

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