n.
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.]
Dadaism Da'da·ism n.Dadaist Da'da·ist adj. & n.
Dadaistic Da'da·is'tic adj.
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