Dadaist

See also: dadaist

English

Alternative forms

• dadaist

Etymology

From Dada +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːdɑːɪst/

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Noun

Dadaist (plural Dadaists)

1. An artist or writer who practiced Dada.
   • 1999 December 27, Frederic Golden, “Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Person of the century”, in CNN‎:

     To the world at large, relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the 1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian David Cassidy calls "the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene--the fall of monarchies, the upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century."

Adjective

Dadaist (not comparable)

1. In the style of Dada.
   • 2014 October 30, Ara Merjian, “How World War I gave birth to the modern”, in CNN‎:

     Breton's Surrealist movement transformed Dadaist despair -- at both the war and the technologies that had led to it -- into a constructive assault on social and sexual norms.