Definitions for Surrealism

Surrealism sur·re·al·ism

Spelling: [suh-ree-uh-liz-uh m]
IPA: /səˈri əˌlɪz əm/

Surrealism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 671 anagrams from letters in Surrealism (aeilmrrssu).

Definitions for Surrealism

noun

  1. a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.

Origin of Surrealism

From the French word surréalisme, dating back to 1920-25. See sur-1, realism

Examples for Surrealism

Winters liked to paint—usually quirky joke paintings that owed something to surrealism and Kandinsky.

How did you develop this knack for inventing, and surrealism?

The truncated torso, which is displayed on the wall, mixes naturalism and surrealism to create a rare and enigmatic work.

I think the story feels so real to people that despite its theatricality and surrealism, they often dwell on the realism.

But to sit through an entire Jodorowsky film requires an extremely high tolerance for surrealism (or maybe LSD).

Director Alex Nazari blurs the lines between reality and surrealism in this track, “Numb.”

It was his mix of expressionism and surrealism, however, that allowed Freud a legacy of admiration rather than notoriety.

The surrealism of the Marx Brothers I just loved—they would pile madness upon madness upon insanity.

Or do collisions have to be random and uninformative, to work as surrealism?

I loved his blend of Native American realism with just a touch of surrealism.

Word Value for Surrealism
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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