Dada Definition
dädä, dädə
da-da
noun
A European artistic and literary movement (1916–1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity.
American Heritage
A movement (1916-22) in painting, sculpture, and literature characterized by fantastic, abstract, or incongruous creations, by rejection of all accepted conventions, and by nihilistic satire.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Dada
Noun
Singular:
Dada
Plural:
dadasOrigin of Dada
French dada hobbyhorse, Dada of baby-talk origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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