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Definition of surrealism noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

surrealism

noun
 
/səˈriːəlɪzəm/
 
/səˈriːəlɪzəm/
[uncountable]
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  1. a 20th century style and movement in art and literature in which images and events that are not connected are put together in a strange or impossible way, like a dream, to try to express what is happening deep in the mindTopics Artc1
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French surréalisme (from sur- ‘above’ and realism).
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