Usually means: Artistic expression beyond logical reality.
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  1. surrealism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. surrealism: Merriam-Webster
  3. surrealism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. surrealism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. surrealism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. surrealism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Surrealism, surrealism: Wordnik
  8. Surrealism, surrealism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. surrealism: Wiktionary
  10. surrealism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. surrealism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. surrealism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. surrealism: Dictionary.com
  14. surrealism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Surrealism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. surrealism: Rhymezone
  17. surrealism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. surrealism: FreeDictionary.org
  19. surrealism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. surrealism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. surrealism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Surrealism: art glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Surrealism (art), surrealism: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (informal) Art with a surreal aesthetic or narrative, regardless of whether or not it is linked to the surrealist movement

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subrealism, surreality, dreamcore, surrealscape, automatism, irrealism, expressionism, magic realism, Spatialism, Nut Art, more...

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realism, naturalism

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neo surrealism, more...

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french, european, ethnographic, literary, early, pure, abstract, spanish, modern, american, poetic

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Similar:
subrealism, surreality, dreamcore, surrealscape, automatism, irrealism, expressionism, magic realism, Spatialism, Nut Art, more...

Opposite:
realism, naturalism

Phrases:
neo surrealism, more...

Adjectives:
french, european, ethnographic, literary, early, pure, abstract, spanish, modern, american, poetic

Colors:
    ultramarine,     vermilion,     cobalt blue,     cadmium yellow,     alizarin crimson, more...



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