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surrealist

adjective more surrealist · most surrealist

  1. Of, or relating to the modernist art movement surrealism; (by extension) having a similar surreal aesthetic or narrative. 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.”

noun surrealists

  1. A surrealist artist. 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.

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adj of, or relating to surrealism

Españolsurrealista
Françaissurréaliste
Deutschsurrealistisch
Italianosurrealistico
Ελληνικάυπερρεαλιστικός yperrealistikós, σουρεαλιστικός sourealistikós

noun surrealist artist

Españolsurrealista
Françaissurréaliste
DeutschSurrealist
Ελληνικάυπερρεαλιστής yperrealistís, σουρεαλιστής sourealistís

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@misc{surrealist_2026,
  title = {surrealist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surrealist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}