Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An artistic and literary movement characterized by extreme realism.

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  • noun Art intended to portray reality as accurately as possible.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ realism

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Examples

  • ..& since you took that art course from the back of the matchbook cover, wow...i'm thinkin' the guys at the school of 'superrealism' are more than a little concerned...

    The Party's Over: Derailed by the Economy BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • The cherries eaten, the sangria gone, a cup of coffee to boost us on the long subway-ride out to Brooklyn, and the superrealism was forgotten to the pain of my blisters.

    thinking with my fingers Torill 2001

  • Now I make that punishment physical, my shoes stained from the realism of broken blisters; the thought of superrealism lost.

    thinking with my fingers Torill 2001

  • And it's him, quickly, hurriedly telling me, sharing a snippet bringing up the memory of that warm, fun evening with Yoko: "I just wanted to tell you, superrealism is a word now."

    thinking with my fingers Torill 2001

  • Now I make that punishment physical, my shoes stained from the realism of broken blisters; the thought of superrealism lost.

    Archive 2001-10-01 Torill 2001

  • The cherries eaten, the sangria gone, a cup of coffee to boost us on the long subway-ride out to Brooklyn, and the superrealism was forgotten to the pain of my blisters.

    Archive 2001-10-01 Torill 2001

  • And it's him, quickly, hurriedly telling me, sharing a snippet bringing up the memory of that warm, fun evening with Yoko: "I just wanted to tell you, superrealism is a word now."

    Archive 2001-10-01 Torill 2001

  • Keith was into superrealism, and his studio looked like Doctor Frankenstein's workshop.

    Children Of The Night Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • The paintings she produced, including "Lytle's Garage," the one selected for the CVG show, are grounded in superrealism, also known as hyper-realism or photorealism.

    All Stories - Bainbridge Island Review 2009

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