surrealist

See also: Surrealist

English

Etymology

From surreal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

surrealist (comparative more surrealist, superlative most surrealist)

1. (art) Of, or relating to the modernist art movement surrealism; (by extension) having a similar surreal aesthetic or narrative.
   • 2021 July 4, Jonathan Romney, “‘I want to make people laugh’: Quentin Dupieux, the fun auteur of French cinema”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In true surrealist tradition, many of his ideas, [Quentin] Dupieux says, come from dreams – but “the ones that come to you when you’re half asleep, when you doze off during the day for five minutes. The brain keeps working, and you get these great ideas.”

   • 2023 January 18, Shamira Ibrahim, “The Film That Accurately Captures Teen Grief”, in The Atlantic‎^[2]:

     The sharply written script, buoyed by its surrealist bent, facilitates the plot well enough that the impracticalities aren’t too distracting.

   • 2024 September 6, Jonathan Jones, “Surréalisme review – monstrous, deviant, glorious fun as the movement hits 100”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Like the show’s spiralling structure, this is modelled on classic surrealist exhibitions devised by Marcel Duchamp, luring you in to lose yourself in reveries.

   • 2024 September 15, Sarah Turner, “Dream ’scapes: Europe’s 10 best surrealist trips for art lovers”, in The Guardian‎^[4], →ISSN:

     In the Belgian capital around 230 of his works are on show at the Musée Magritte (£8, musee-magritte-museum.be), including his surrealist films (there’s also a superb museum shop).

Translations

of, or relating to surrealism

• French: surréaliste (fr)
• Georgian: სიურრეალისტური (siurrealisṭuri)
• German: surrealistisch (de)
• Greek: υπερρεαλιστικός (el) m (yperrealistikós), σουρεαλιστικός (el) m (sourealistikós)
• Irish: osréalaíoch, osréalach
• Italian: surrealistico (it)
• Polish: surrealistyczny (pl)
• Swedish: surrealistisk (sv)
• Tagalog: makakubtunay

Noun

surrealist (plural surrealists)

1. A surrealist artist.
   • 2011 September 21, Maria Popova, “'Dime-Store Alchemy': Joseph Cornell's Surrealist Boxes”, in The Atlantic‎^[5]:

     Joseph Cornell is often considered the first and greatest American surrealist, said to have influenced creators as diverse as iconic French dadaist Marcel Duchamp and beloved speculative-fiction novelist William Gibson.

   • 2024 September 6, Jonathan Jones, “Surréalisme review – monstrous, deviant, glorious fun as the movement hits 100”, in The Guardian‎^[6], →ISSN:

     Of all the modernist art movements, it was the surrealists who were best at enjoying their revolution.

Translations

surrealist artist

• Catalan: surrealista m or f
• French: surréaliste (fr) m or f
• German: Surrealist (de) m
• Greek: υπερρεαλιστής (el) m (yperrealistís), σουρεαλιστής (el) m (sourealistís)
• Irish: osréalaí m
• Norman: surréaliste m or f (Jersey)
• Polish: surrealista (pl) m, surrealistka (pl) f
• Spanish: surrealista (es) m or f
• Swedish: surrealist (sv) c

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French surréaliste.

Adjective

surrealist m or n (feminine singular surrealistă, masculine plural surrealiști, feminine/neuter plural surrealiste)

1. surrealist

Declension

Declension of surrealist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	surrealist		surrealistă	surrealiști	surrealiste
	definite	surrealistul		surrealista	surrealiștii	surrealistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	surrealist		surrealiste	surrealiști	surrealiste
	definite	surrealistului		surrealistei	surrealiștilor	surrealistelor

Noun

surrealist m (plural surrealiști)

1. surrealist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	surrealist	surrealistul	surrealiști	surrealiștii
genitive-dative	surrealist	surrealistului	surrealiști	surrealiștilor
vocative	surrealistule		surrealiștilor

References

• surrealist in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

Noun

surrealist c

1. a surrealist (surrealist artist)

Declension

Declension of surrealist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	surrealist	surrealists
	definite	surrealisten	surrealistens
plural	indefinite	surrealister	surrealisters
	definite	surrealisterna	surrealisternas

Related terms

• surrealism
• surrealistisk

References

• “surrealist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)