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surrealism

surrealism

8 8.1
An art and writing movement that shows strange, dreamlike images from the mind
  • noun
  • /sərˈiːəlɪzəm/
  • Literature
translation icon : surrealismo
  • Brger used the term avant-garde only in reference to Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism.
  • Dada and surrealism
  • surrealism and realism
  • surrealism and existentialism

I think a lot of people use it very frequently now, but there is a lot of surrealism in in this.

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Examples

  • Just because the scripts are so good and like, the surrealism is incredible and very funny.

  • The art exhibition showcased various works of surrealism, filled with dreamlike imagery and bizarre juxtapositions.

  • Because I also wrote one on World War I and how it gave birth to Surrealism.

    Vamps (2012)

  • Dada and Surrealism provide examples of the first kind of challenge.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Are you experimenting with surrealism?

    Pollock (2000)

  • "The father of Surrealism was Dada," Walter Benjamin once wrote.

    Academic text (2003)

  • And the whole idea behind Dadaism and surrealism is this was a reaction to the absurdity of World War One.

  • By 1928, various strains of the vanguard movement, particularly ultrasmo and surrealism, had taken root in Spain.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The 1927 Aurora marks the dead end of Leiris's investment in the phantasmagoric gold standard of Surrealism.

    Academic text (2005)

  • McCole includes chapters on Benjamin's idea of youth and his critiques of Romanticism, allegory, surrealism, and memory.

    Academic text (1993)

Antonyms

realism
12 6.1

An art style that shows ordinary life without making it look prettier

How Dreamlike

surrealism
  • Literature
8 8.1
artificialism
  • Archaic
9.9
abstract art
3 3.9
stylized
11 5.9
realism
12 6.1

Surface Forms

surrealism singular
surrealisms plural

Morphology

surrealism = surreal (transparent) = surreal + ism

Formed by the adjective 'surreal' + the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism' denoting a movement or doctrine, so the relation is clear.

Etymology

Surrealism comes from the French parts sur- meaning 'over' or 'above' and realism meaning 'reality' or 'the real world'. So, surrealism is art and writing that goes 'beyond reality', using strange, dreamlike images and unexpected combinations.