surrealist


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
surrealism/səˈriːəlɪzəm/
noun a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.
– derivatives
surrealist noun & adjective,
surrealistic adjective,
surrealistically adverb.
– origin early 20th cent.: from Fr. surréalisme (see sur-1, realism).
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