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SURREALIST
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("surrealist" is a kind of...):
artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)
Holonyms ("surrealist" is a member of...):
surrealism (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)
Derivation:
surrealism (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)