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surrealist

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for surrealist.

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Recognized a friend from okcupid labs (despite the surrealist facial shuffling) and clicked to set up a date.

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Quick take

a surrealist artist

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a surrealist artist

adjective

of, or relating to surrealism

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for surrealist.

noun

a surrealist artist

adjective

of, or relating to surrealism

Example sentences

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Recognized a friend from okcupid labs (despite the surrealist facial shuffling) and clicked to set up a date.

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ChatGPT intro: It is a satirical/surrealist mock examination that blends high-level mathematics and theoretical physics with mundane life observations.

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The surrealist scene where it shows the leg brutally attacking people at night: all the people attacked are prostitutes, gays, etc.

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His other books have a distinct surrealist undertone that might be hit-or-miss to some readers (like how he mentions in the article).

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If you're not: surrealist, dreamlike modern fiction often centering around ideas of masculinity, post-war fallout, and urban ennui.

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EEnE had a strangely surrealist quality to it that stands out in my memory.

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I like a fair bit of expressionist and surrealist art, although some of it gets a bit too silly.

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Arguably, this started the entire abstract and surrealist movement where things like a urinal became art simply because you couldn't print it out.

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Or say, why anyone thought Jodorowsky, based on his previous track record of making surrealist films, would be a good candidate to make Dune.

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The idea that researchers squash the head of their animals with a rock before to extract the brain for study drug damages is surrealist.

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I think it falls beautifully into the romantic surrealist genre, and appauld it for doing so.

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Kind of a combination of surrealist humor and shock humor.

Quote examples

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In 1946, 11 surrealist painters were asked to submit a painting to be used in a film (Albert Lewin's "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami").

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The fact that the game starts with a quote from Andre Breton: “The purest surrealist act would be to go into a crowd and fire at random.”, surely puts it in a difference play already.

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"Blackadder" is a very different beast from the others mentioned, all of which are written / cowritten by Graham Linehan, who has a very specific surrealist style.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use surrealist in a sentence?

Recognized a friend from okcupid labs (despite the surrealist facial shuffling) and clicked to set up a date.

What does surrealist mean?

a surrealist artist

What part of speech is surrealist?

surrealist is commonly used as noun, adjective.