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Definition of Dadaism
1. 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.
Definition of Dadaism
1. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dadaism
1. the dada movement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dadaism
Literary usage of Dadaism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Water Colours of Hitler: Recovered Art Works by Enzo Collotti, Riccardo Mariani (2005)
"And it is well known that dadaism (which was perhaps the real linguistic revolution —
in the field of art too — of our century) had the honour of being ..."
2. Germany in Travail by Otto Manthey-Zorn (1922)
"Before I left he introduced the youngest priest of dadaism, his little month-old son
... dadaism is advertised as the ultimate development of expressionism. ..."
3. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"Expressionism, even dadaism. The really important thing for us today is beyond that.
It is creativeness: forward-sightedness in practice. ..."
4. History of the New York Times, 1851-1921 by Elmer Holmes Davis (1921)
"... the Nonparti- san League; in putting the Government into business; in the
medical sociology of anti-vivisection or the artistic philosophies of dadaism. ..."
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