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Dada

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːdɑː/
Definition of Dada

noun

  • an early 20th-century movement in art, literature, music, and film, repudiating and mocking artistic and social conventions and emphasizing the illogical and absurd.

Dada was launched in Zurich in 1916 by Tristan Tzara and others, soon merging with a similar group in New York. It favoured montage, collage, and the ready-made. Leading figures: Jean Arp, André Breton, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Marcel Duchamp

Derivatives

Dadaism

Pronunciation: /-dəɪz(ə)m/
noun

Dadaist

Pronunciation: /-dəɪst/
noun & adjective

Dadaistic

Pronunciation: /-ˈɪstɪk/
adjective

Origin:

French, literally 'hobby horse', the title of a review published in Zurich in 1916

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Definition of Dada in the US English dictionary

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