surrealism
An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the…An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.
» Informal diction is always full of mystery and surrealism.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.
Surrealismus
сюрреали́змsjurrealízm
(countable, informal, uncountable)Art with a surreal aesthetic or narrative, regardless of whether or not it is linked to the surrealist movement.
- 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
Examples
9 sentencesInformal diction is always full of mystery and surrealism.
Tom only likes surrealism because he's a fungus's cat.
ruТому нравится сюрреализм лишь потому, что он грибной кот.
Dalí is the surrealist for people who don't like surrealism.
ruДали — сюрреалист для тех, кому не нравится сюрреализм.
Surrealism is distorted mayonnaise electrified underwater.
Are you into literary surrealism?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French surréalisme. By surface analysis, sur- + realism or surreal + -ism.Borrowed from French surréalisme. By surface analysis, sur- + realism or surreal + -ism.
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Forms
plural: surrealisms| Singular | surrealism |
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Word family
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