surrealism

English

Etymology

From French surréalisme. By surface analysis, sur- +‎ realism and/or surreal +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹiː(.ə)l.ɪz.əm/
• Hyphenation: sur‧re‧al‧ism

Noun

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), գերիրապաշտություն (hy) (gerirapaštutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: sürrealizm
• Bengali: পরাবাস্তববাদ (porabastobbad)
• Bulgarian: сюрреали́зъм m (sjurrealízǎm)
• Burmese: ဆာရီယယ်လစ်ဇင် (hcariyailacjang)
• Catalan: surrealisme m
• Chinese:

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

• Chuvash: сюрреализм (sjurrealizm)
• Crimean Tatar: sürrealizm
• Czech: surrealismus (cs)
• Danish: surrealismen
• Dutch: Surrealisme n
• Esperanto: superrealismo
• Estonian: sürrealism, sürrealism
• Finnish: surrealismi
• French: surréalisme (fr)
• Georgian: სიურრეალიზმი (siurrealizmi)
• German: Surrealismus (de)
• Greek: υπερρεαλισμός (el) m (yperrealismós)
• Hebrew: הסוריאליזם m
• Indonesian: surealisme (id)
• Irish: osréalachas m
• Italian: surrealismo (it) m
• Japanese: シュルレアリスム (shururearisumu)
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• Kannada: ಸರ್ರಿಯಲಿಸಮ್ (sarriyalisam)
• Kazakh: сюрреализм (sürrealizm)
• Korean: 서리얼리즘 (seorieollijeum)
• Kyrgyz: сюрреализм (syurrealizm)
• Malayalam: സർ‌റിയലിസം (saṟ‌ṟiyalisaṁ)
• Maori: toi pohewa
• Mongolian: сюрреализм (sjurrealizm)
• Nepali: अतियथार्थवाद (ne) (atiyathārthavād)
• Norwegian: surrealisme
• Persian: فراواقع‌گرایی (farâ-vâqe'-garâyi)
• Polish: surrealizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: surrealismo (pt)
• Romanian: suprarealism (ro)
• Russian: сюрреали́зм (ru) m (sjurrealízm)
• Scottish Gaelic: os-fhìreachas m
• Serbo-Croatian: nadrealizam (sh) m
• Slovak: surrealizmus m
• Spanish: surrealismo (es)
• Swedish: surrealism (sv)
• Tagalog: pagkamakakubtunay
• Tamil: அடிமன வெளிப்பாட்டியம் (aṭimaṉa veḷippāṭṭiyam)
• Telugu: సర్రియలిజం (sarriyalijaṁ)
• Thai: ลัทธิเหนือจริง, เซอร์เรียลลิซึม
• Turkish: sürrealizm (tr), gerçeküstücülük (tr)
• Uzbek: surrealizm
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa siêu thực (主義超實), nghệ thuật siêu thực (藝術超實)
• Yiddish: סוררעאַליזמ m (surrealizm)