surrealism

sur·re·al·ism  (s-r-lzm)

n.

1. A 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

2. Literature or art produced in this style.

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[French surréalisme : sur-, beyond (from Old French; see sur-) + réalisme, realism (from réalité, realism, from Medieval Latin relits, from relis, real; see real¹).]

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sur·real·ist n.

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surrealism

Noun

a movement in art and literature in the 1920s, involving the combination of images that would not normally be found together, as if in a dream [French surréalisme]

surrealist nadj
surrealistic adj

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Surrealism, Superrealism

a controversial movement in art and literature between the two World Wars in which the artist attempted to portray, express, or interpret the workings of the subconscious mind; in painting it found expression in two techniques, the naturalistic (Dali) and the abstract (Miró). — Surrealist, n. — Surrealistic, adj.

See also: Art

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

surrealism - a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles surrealist - an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism

Translations

surrealism [səˈrɪəlɪzəm] n → surrealismo

surrealism [səˈrɪəlɪzəm] n → surréalisme m

surrealism [səˈrɪəlɪzəm] n → Surrealismus m

surrealism [səˈrɪəlɪzəm] n → surrealismo