Dada
Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːdɑː/
The English word “Dada” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, nihilism, randomness, and rejection of the prevailing standards in art.
Etymology
From French dada (literally “hobby horse”).
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