surrealism

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French surréalisme; sur- +‎ realism

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)
• Bulgarian: сюрреали́зъм m (sjurrealízǎm)
• Catalan: surrealisme m
• Chinese:

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

• Crimean Tatar: sürrealizm
• Czech: surrealismus (cs)
• Danish: surrealismen
• Dutch: Surrealisme n
• Esperanto: superrealismo
• Estonian: sürrealism, sürrealism
• Finnish: surrealismi
• French: surréalisme (fr)
• German: Surrealismus (de)
• Greek: υπερρεαλισμός (el) m (yperrealismós)
• Hebrew: הסוריאליזם m
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• Irish: osréalachas m
• Italian: surrealismo (it) m
• Japanese: シュルレアリスム (shururearisumu)
• Korean: 서리얼리즘 (seorieollijeum)
• Maori: toi pohewa
• Norwegian: surrealisme
• 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
• Spanish: surrealismo (es)
• Swedish: surrealism (sv)
• Tagalog: pagkamakakubtunay
• Turkish: sürrealizm (tr), gerçeküstücülük (tr)