"Dada" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɑːdɑː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dada.wav
Etymology: From French dada (literally “hobby horse”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|dada|lit=hobby horse}} French dada (literally “hobby horse”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Dada (uncountable)
  1. 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. Wikidata QID: Q6034 Wikipedia link: Dada Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Modern art Translations (cultural movement — see also dadaism): dadà [masculine] (Catalan), dadaisme [masculine] (Catalan), dadaismus [masculine] (Czech), dadaïsme [neuter] (Dutch), dada [neuter] (Dutch), dadaismi (Finnish), dada (Finnish), Dadaismus [masculine] (German), דאדא (dáda) [masculine] (Hebrew), דאדאיזם (dadaízm) [masculine] (Hebrew), dadaizm [masculine] (Polish), дадаи́зм (dadaízm) [masculine] (Russian), дадаї́зм (dadajízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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