シュルレアリスム

also: シュールレアリスム · シュールレアリズム · シュールリアリズム · シュレアリスム

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Meanings

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Refers to the 20th-century artistic and literary movement emphasizing the unconscious, dreams, and irrational juxtapositions.

from French surréalisme

ダリはシュルレアリスムを代だい表ひょうする画が家かだ。
Dalí is a painter representative of surrealism.
彼かれの作さく品ひんにはシュルレアリスムの影えい響きょうが強つよく見みられる。
His works show a strong influence of surrealism.

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Related words

超ちょう現げん実じつ主しゅ義ぎ
シュルレアリスム is the commonly used loanword for the art movement, while 超現実主義 is its more formal Japanese translation, used less often in everyday speech.
シュール
シュルレアリスム is the full, formal term for the art movement, while シュール is its casual abbreviation and also an everyday adjective for anything dreamlike or oddly unreal.

Written forms

シュルレアリスムUsage82%
Most common spelling, directly from French surréalisme.
シュールレアリスムUsage18%
Variant with long vowel marker; less common but still encountered.
シュールレアリズム
Variant influenced by English surrealism; common in older texts.
シュールリアリズム
Rare variant; may appear in older or translated works.
シュレアリスム
Rare clipped form; not recommended for learners.

Etymology

Borrowed from French surréalisme. Variants reflect different adaptations of the French pronunciation and influence from English surrealism.