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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.]

Dada·ism n.

Dada·ist adj. & n.

Dada·istic adj.

Translations

dadaist [ˈdɑːdɑːɪst]

A. ADJ → dadaísta

B. N → dadaísta mf

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