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Noun: surrealism  su'ree-ul-i-zum
  1. A 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams

Derived forms: surrealisms

See also: surrealist, surrealistic

Type of: art movement, artistic movement

Encyclopedia: Surrealism

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