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noun
A literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreams
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: genre
History
Calque of German Magischer Realismus, first referring to the anti-expressionist artistic movement New Objectivity (1925), later applied to literature, especially in Latin America where it is known as realismo mágico.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
