dadaism in English dictionary

  • dadaism

    Meanings and definitions of "dadaism"

    • A cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art manifestos, art theory), theatre, and graphic design, which concentrated its anti-war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.
    • noun
      A cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art manifestos, art theory), theatre, and graphic design, which concentrated its anti-war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works.
    • cultural movement
    • A cultural movement that started in Switzerland and peaked from 1916 to 1922, which rejects reason and logic, prizing nonsense, irrationality and intuition.
    • 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

    Synonyms of "dadaism" in English dictionary

    art movement, dada, artistic movement are the top synonyms of "dadaism" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of dadaism

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    • dadaism (countable and uncountable, plural dadaisms)
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