surrealism

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈɹiː(.ə)l.ɪz.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: sur‧re‧al‧ism

Noun

surrealism (countable and uncountable, plural surrealisms)

1. (art) 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.
2. (informal, art) Art with a surreal aesthetic or narrative, regardless of whether or not it is linked to the surrealist movement.

Related terms

• surreal
• surrealist

Translations

artistic movement and aesthetic philosophy

• Arabic: سُرْيَالِيَّة f (suryāliyya)
• 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)

• Chuvash: сюрреализм (sjurrealizm)
• Crimean Tatar: sürrealizm
• Czech: surrealismus (cs)
• Danish: surrealismen
• Dutch: Surrealisme n
• Esperanto: superrealismo
• Estonian: sürrealism, sürrealism
• Finnish: surrealismi (fi)
• 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 (ja) (shururearisumu)
• Kannada: ಸರ್ರಿಯಲಿಸಮ್ (sarriyalisam)
• Kazakh: сюрреализм (sürrealizm)
• Korean: 서리얼리즘 (seorieollijeum)
• Kyrgyz: сюрреализм (syurrealizm)
• Malayalam: സർ‌റിയലിസം (saṟ‌ṟiyalisaṁ)
• Māori: 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)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French surrealisme.

Adjective

surrealism m or n (feminine singular surrealismă, masculine plural surrealismi, feminine/neuter plural surrealisme)

1. surrealism

Declension

Declension of surrealism

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	surrealism		surrealismă		surrealismi	surrealisme
	definite	surrealismul		surrealisma		surrealismii	surrealismele
genitive- dative	indefinite	surrealism		surrealisme		surrealismi	surrealisme
	definite	surrealismului		surrealismei		surrealismilor	surrealismelor

Swedish

Noun

surrealism c

1. surrealism

Declension

Declension of surrealism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	surrealism	surrealisms
	definite	surrealismen	surrealismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• surrealist
• surrealistisk

References

• “surrealism”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “surrealism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “surrealism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)