Surrealism Definition & Meaning

surrealism
noun
  1. 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

"Surrealism" in song lyrics

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