Usually means: Realistic narrative infused with fantastical elements.
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  1. magic realism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. magic realism: Merriam-Webster
  3. magic realism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. magic realism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. magic realism: Vocabulary.com
  6. magic realism: Wiktionary
  7. magic realism: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. magic realism: Dictionary.com
  9. Magic Realism, Magic realism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. magic realism: Rhymezone
  11. magic realism: FreeDictionary.org
  12. magic realism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. magic realism: Mnemonic Dictionary

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  1. Magic(al) Realism, Magic Realism (painting), Magic-realism, magic realism: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.

Similar:
hallucinatory realism, transrealism, fantasy, surrealism, fantastique, fantasy world, bizarre magic, phantasmagoria, irrealism, Marienbadism, more...

Opposite:
naturalism, rationalism

Types:
Midnight's Children, Beloved, Kafkon Shore, more...

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Similar:
hallucinatory realism, transrealism, fantasy, surrealism, fantastique, fantasy world, bizarre magic, phantasmagoria, irrealism, Marienbadism, more...

Opposite:
naturalism, rationalism

Types:
Midnight's Children, Beloved, Kafkon Shore, more...



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