superrealism

noun

su·​per·​re·​al·​ism ˌsü-pər-ˈrē-ə-ˌli-zəm 

1

: photorealism

Superrealism (or photorealism) was a movement that recreated in two dimensions the look of photographs and in three dimensions used casting to achieve the utmost fidelity to reality.

—Richard L. Lewis and Susan Ingalls Lewis

2

: surrealism

It is not merely that superrealism wishes to introduce an element of the dream world into art; it definitely and defiantly proclaims the superiority of this dream-world …

—Herbert Read

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for superrealism

• neorealism
• idealism
• surrealism