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MAGIC REALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magic realism mean? 

MAGIC REALISM (noun)
  The noun MAGIC REALISM has 1 sense:

1. a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreamsplay

  Familiarity information: MAGIC REALISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAGIC REALISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("magic realism" is a kind of...):

genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)


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