Da·da or da·da (dä dä)n. A European artistic and literary movement (1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity. [French dada, hobbyhorse, Dada, of baby-talk origin.] Da da·ism n.Da da·ist adj. & n.Da  da·istic adj. |
Dada [ˈdɑːdɑː], Dadaism [ˈdɑːdɑːˌɪzəm]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) a nihilistic artistic movement of the early 20th century in W Europe and the US, founded on principles of irrationality, incongruity, and irreverence towards accepted aesthetic criteria
[from French, from a children's word for hobbyhorse, the name being arbitrarily chosen]
Dadaist n & adj
Dadaistic adj
Dadaistically adv
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| Noun | 1. |  dada - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talkbegetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" |
| 2. | dada - a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles |
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