surrealist
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter) an artist or writer using the style, conventions, themes of surrealism.
surrealists
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pluralof surrealist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their touchstones are silent auteurs and surrealists: F.W.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
He cites the works of surrealists like Max Ernst and Salvador Dali with his lobster telephone as early inspirations.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2021
He signals his debt to the surrealists by casting Jean-Claude Carrière, a longtime screenwriter for Luis Buñuel, as an older husband who gives James advice.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2020
By 1935, Maar was entrenched in the group of Parisian artists calling themselves surrealists.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2019
European surrealists came across this colorful new art in the first years of the twentieth century.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
