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]