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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 da′·da·ism′

Etymology: 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

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Noun used with modifier

  • word: The knife hit the word dada, so that is what they named their group.
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The mama of dada.

-Fadiman, Clifton

Dada ne signifie rien. Dada means nothing.

-Tzara,Tristan pseudonym of Samy Rosenstock

Liberte¤  :, hurlement de couleurs crispe¤  es, entrelacements des contraires et de toutes les contradictions, des grotesques, des inconse¤  quences:. Freedom:, a howl of unnerving colours, intertwinings of contrarities and contradictions, of the grotesque, of inconsistencies:.

-Tzara,Tristan pseudonym of Samy Rosenstock

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