SURREALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surrealist mean? 

• SURREALIST (noun)
  The noun SURREALIST has 1 sense:

1. an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism

  Familiarity information: SURREALIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURREALIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)