Surreal may refer to:
*Anything related to or characteristic of
Surrealism
Surrealism is an art movement, art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike s ...
, a movement in philosophy and art
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"Surreal" (song), a 2000 song by Ayumi Hamasaki
*"Surreal", a 2023 song by
Luísa Sonza
Luísa Gerloff Sonza (; ; born 18 July 1998) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2016 after posting cover songs on her YouTube channel. After signing with Universal Music Group in 2017, she released her debut album, ''P ...
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Baco Exu do Blues
Diogo Álvaro Ferreira Moncorvo, known professionally as Baco Exu do Blues (born 11 January 1996), is a Brazilian rapper, singer, and composer. He rose to prominence in the Brazilian rap scene with his 2017 album ''Esú''. He was nominated for a ...
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''Surreal'' (album), an album by Man Raze
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Surreal humour
Surreal humour (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humour, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causality, causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical. Portra ...
, a common aspect of humor
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Surreal number
In mathematics, the surreal number system is a total order, totally ordered proper class containing not only the real numbers but also Infinity, infinite and infinitesimal, infinitesimal numbers, respectively larger or smaller in absolute value th ...
s, a superset of the real numbers in mathematics
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Surreal Software
Surreal Software was an American video game developer based in Kirkland, Washington, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, known for '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', '' The Suffering'' and '' Drakan'' ...
, an American video game studio
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Surrealist automatism
Surrealist automatism is a method of art-making in which the artist suppresses conscious control over the making process, allowing the unconscious mind to have great sway. This drawing technique was popularized in the early 1920s, by Andre Masson ...
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Surrealist Manifesto
The Surrealist Manifesto refers to several publications by Yvan Goll and André Breton, leaders of rival Surrealism, surrealist groups. Goll and Breton both published manifestos in October 1924 titled ''Manifeste du surréalisme''. Breton wrote ...
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Surrealist techniques
Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature uses numerous techniques and games to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of conscious control. The importance of the Unconscious mind, u ...
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Surrealist music
Surrealist music is music which uses unexpected juxtapositions and other surrealist techniques. Discussing Theodor W. Adorno, Max Paddison defines surrealist music as that which "juxtaposes its historically devalued fragments in a montage-like ...
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