Surrealist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A surrealist artist.
"Joseph Cornell is often considered the first and greatest American surrealist, said to have influenced creators as diverse as iconic French dadaist Marcel Duchamp and beloved speculative-fiction novelist William Gibson."
2
an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism wordnet

Adjective

1
Of, or relating to the modernist art movement surrealism; (by extension) having a similar surreal aesthetic or narrative.
"In true surrealist tradition, many of his ideas, [Quentin] Dupieux says, come from dreams – but “the ones that come to you when you’re half asleep, when you doze off during the day for five minutes. The brain keeps working, and you get these great ideas.”"

Synonyms

stylist surreal

Example

""I only know one surrealist, and that's Salvador Dalí." "Then you mean to say you don't know any surrealists.""

Etymology

From surreal + -ist.

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