surrealist

Variant of surrealism

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

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