Definition

1. Noun (Artistic Movement / Style):

   • Surrealism: A 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind. It is characterized by the irrational, dreamlike juxtaposition of images and ideas, often to challenge conventional reality and logic.

2. Adjective (Characteristic):

   • Surrealistic: Having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre, dreamlike, or uncanny, as if from a dream.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Chủ nghĩa siêu hiện thực có ảnh hưởng lớn đến hội họa và văn học. (Surrealism had a great influence on painting and literature.)
  • Bức tranh này là một tác phẩm điển hình của siêu hiện thực. (This painting is a classic work of surrealism.)

• Adjective:

  • Anh ấy có một trí tưởng tượng siêu hiện thực. (He has a surrealistic imagination.)
  • Khung cảnh trong phim thật siêu hiện thực và kỳ lạ. (The scene in the movie is so surrealistic and strange.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used metaphorically outside of art to describe situations or events that feel bizarrely unreal, illogical, or dreamlike.
  • Tình huống chính trị đó thật sự siêu hiện thực. (That political situation was truly surreal.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chủ nghĩa siêu hiện thực (n): Surrealism (the formal term for the movement).
• Siêu thực (adj/n): A common abbreviated form with the same meaning as "siêu hiện thực."

Synonyms

• Dreamlike: Resembling or characteristic of a dream.
• Uncanny: Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.
• Fantastic: Extraordinarily good or attractive; also, conceived by unrestrained imagination.

Related Concepts

• Tự động (Automatism): A surrealist technique for producing art without conscious thought, aiming to access the unconscious.
• Giấc mơ (Dream): A key source of inspiration for surrealist imagery.
• Vô thức (The Unconscious): The part of the mind containing feelings and thoughts not directly accessible, central to surrealist theory.

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