dɑ noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
Origin:
1915–20; < French: hobby horse, childish reduplication of da giddyap
1915–20; < French: hobby horse, childish reduplication of da giddyap
Related forms
da·da·ism, noun
da·da·ist, noun
da·da·is·tic, adjective
da·da·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Dada or Dadaism (ˈdɑːdɑː, ˈdɑːdɑːˌɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 | |
| [C20: from French, from a children's word for hobbyhorse, the name being arbitrarily chosen] | |
| Dadaism or Dadaism | |
| —n | |
| [C20: from French, from a children's word for hobbyhorse, the name being arbitrarily chosen] | |
| 'Dadaist or Dadaism | |
| —n, —adj | |
| Dada'istic or Dadaism | |
| —adj | |
| Dada'istically or Dadaism | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
dada
1920, from Fr. dada "hobbyhorse," child's nonsense word, selected 1916 by Romanian poet Tristan Tzara, leader of the movement, for its resemblance to meaningless babble.
"Freedom: DADA DADA DADA, the howl of clashing colors, the intertwining of all contradictions, grotesqueries, trivialities: LIFE." [T. Tzara, "Dada Manifesto," 1918]
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After their eviction the space became a museum dedicated to the history of dada.
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