Surrealism – 1. Fantastic or bizarre imagery or effects in art, literature, film or theatre through subconscious, unnatural or irrational combinations of things. 2. a 20th-century art movement which sought to realise the creative potential of the subconscious

(Pronounced suh-ree-uh-liz-uhm)

She surrendered her realism (surrealism) and decided to paint bizarre imagery from her subconscious instead.

Examples of surrealism in a sentence

After studying surrealism at college I decided to paint from my subconscious mind.

Salvador Dali was a pioneer of surrealism in art.

The film was a symphony of surrealism and the bizarre.