SURREALISM


Meaning of SURREALISM in English

sur ‧ real ‧ is ‧ m /səˈrɪəlɪz ə m/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: French ; Origin: surréalisme , from sur- ( ⇨ ↑ surcharge ) + réalisme 'realism' ]

a style of 20th-century art or literature in which the artist or writer connects unrelated images and objects in a strange way

—surrealist adjective :

a surrealist painting

—surrealist noun [countable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.