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;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
surrealism
n 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