Definitions for dadaˈdɑ dɑ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Da•daˈdɑ dɑ(n.)

  1. a movement in early 20th-century art and literature whose exponents challenged established canons of art, thought, and morality through nihilist works and outrageous behavior.

    Category: Literature, Fine Arts

Origin of dada:

1915–20; < F: hobby horse, childish redupl. of da giddyap

da`da•is′ti•cal•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop(noun)

    an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

  2. dada, dadaism(noun)

    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

Wiktionary

  1. dada(Noun)

    father, dad

  2. Dada(Noun)

    A cultural movement that began in Zu00FCrich, Switzerland during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly poetry), theatre, and graphic design, and was characterized by nihilism, deliberate irrationality, disillusionment, cynicism, chance, randomness, and the rejection of the prevailing standards in art.


Translations for dada

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ta-ta(noun)

(often used to or by young children) good-bye

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