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dada

(dä′dä′, -də)

noun

a movement (1916-22) in painting, sculpture, and literature characterized by fantastic, abstract, or incongruous creations, by rejection of all accepted conventions, and by nihilistic satire

also dadaism

Origin: Fr, lit., hobbyhorse (< baby talk, altered < ? dia dia, giddap), selected by Tristan Tzara, leader of the cult, because of its resemblance to meaningless babble, as symbolic of the movement

Related Forms:

dadaist adjective, noun
dadaistic adjective

See dada in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or da·da

noun

A European artistic and literary movement (1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity.

Origin:

Origin: French dada, hobbyhorse, Dada

Origin: , of baby-talk origin

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