surrealism
pronunciation
How to pronounce surrealism in British English:
UK [səˈri:əlɪzəm]
How to pronounce surrealism in American English:
US [səˈriəˌlɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of Dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams
Word Origin
- surrealism (n.)
- 1927, from French surréalisme (from sur- "beyond" + réalisme "realism"), according to OED coined c. 1917 by Guillaume Apollinaire, taken over by Andre Breton as the name of the movement he launched in 1924 with "Manifeste de Surréalisme." Taken up in English at first in the French form; the anglicized version is from 1931. De cette alliance nouvelle, car jusqu'ici les décors et les costumes d'une part, la chorégraphie d'autre part, n'avaient entre eux qu'un lien factice, il este résulté, dans 'Parade,' une sorte de surréalisme. [Apollinaire, "Notes to 'Parade' "] See sur- (1) + realism.
Example
- 1. In the land of magritte , art scarcely matches the surrealism of belgian politics .
- 2. Even without the constraints of censorship , stalin 's reign lends itself to surrealism .
- 3. Surrealism : you have 2 giraffes . The government requires you to take harmonica lessons .
- 4. It is not only a blend of photos and drawing , but also of illusion and surrealism .
- 5. Surrealism : you have two giraffes . The government requires you to take harmonica lessons .