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surrealism Definition

sur·real·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

a modern movement in art and literature, in which an attempt is made to portray or interpret the workings of the unconscious mind as manifested in dreams: it is characterized by an irrational, fantastic arrangement of material

Etymology: Fr surréalisme: see sur- & realism

surrealism Related Forms
sur·re′al·is·tic adjective sur·real·ist adjective, noun sur·re′al·is·ti·cally adverb
surrealism Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • metaphor: Counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the, er.. .

Converse of object

  • evolve: Dadaism began in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1916, and surrealism evolved from the Paris wing of the Dada movement several years later.
  • like: More often than not I like surrealism in my anime or humor that goes way beyond certain boundaries.
  • call: Before 1924 Ernst's work was called Dada, after 1924 it was called Surrealism, but his work never actually changed.
  • discover: It was not until his mid-twenties that Dali discovered surrealism.
  • put: It could be a kind of Surrealism put into motion.
  • include: The key aspects of Buñuel's work will be considered, including surrealism, psychoanalysis ethics and humor.

Adjective modifier

  • French: French Surrealism, particularly, offers a useful focus for the interdisciplinary study of science, art, and literature.
  • English: Peel's youthful yarns of family and ( public ) school excel at an edgy English surrealism: Waugh meets Python.
  • British: Historic survey shows have included ' British Surrealism ' and ' The 1960s ' .
  • early: Surfing around ideas, collage and assembly were central to almost everything he created from the early surrealism to the later public sculpture.
  • European: It owes a debt to European pre-war surrealism: its literary influences include the work of Franz Kafka.
  • pre-war: It owes a debt to European pre-war surrealism: its literary influences include the work of Franz Kafka.

Modifies a noun

  • exhibition: The afternoon session will include a visit to the Hayward Gallery's surrealism exhibition next door to the NFT.
  • display: Spot strange objects in the Surrealism display, and play a game that is not a game, or is it?

Noun used with modifier

  • folk: It is suffused with " magic realism " a folk surrealism in which people fly and mysterious juxtapositions are the norm.
surrealism Quotes

Le surre¤  alisme, c'est moi. I am surrealism. See Louis XIV 518:93.

—Dal|¤  , Salvador