surrealism

English

Etymology

From French surréalisme; sur- +‎ realism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /səˈriː(.ə)l.ɪz.əm/, X-SAMPA: /s@"ri:(.@)l.Iz.@m/
• Hyphenation: sur‧re‧al‧ism

Noun

Wikipedia surrealism (countable and uncountable; plural surrealisms)

1. 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.

Related terms

• surreal
• surrealist

Translations

artistic movement and aesthetic philosophy

• Armenian: սյուրռեալիզմ (hy) (syurṙealizm)
• Bulgarian: сюрреализъм (bg) (sjurrealízǎm) m
• Catalan: surrealisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超現實主義 (cmn), 超现实主义 (cmn) (chāoxiànshízhǔyì)

• Czech: surrealismus (cs)
• Danish: surrealismen
• Dutch: Surrealisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: superrealismo (eo)
• Estonian: sürrealism, sürrealism (et)
• Finnish: surrealismi (fi)
• French: surréalisme (fr)
• German: Surrealismus (de)
• Greek: υπερρεαλισμός (el) (yperrealismós) m
• Hebrew: הסוריאליזם (he) m

• Irish: osréalachas (ga) m
• Italian: surrealismo (it) m
• Japanese: シュルレアリスム (ja) (shururearisumu)
• Korean: 서리얼리즘 (ko) (seorieolliseum)
• Norwegian: surrealisme (no)
• Polish: surrealizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: surrealismo (pt)
• Romanian: suprarealism (ro)
• Russian: сюрреализм (ru) (sjurrealízm) m
• Scottish Gaelic: os-fhìreachas (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: nadrealizam (sh) m
• Spanish: surrealismo (es)
• Swedish: surrealism (sv)
• Turkish: sürrealizm (tr), gerçeküstücülük (tr)