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Surrealism

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    Art with a surreal aesthetic or narrative, regardless of whether or not it is linked to the surrealist movement. countable, informal, uncountable

Etymology

From French surréalisme. By surface analysis, sur- + realism or surreal + -ism.

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