English

Noun

dadaism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural dadaisms)

1. 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.

Translations

See also

• Dada

Swedish

Etymology

Used since circa 1917.

Noun

dadaism c

1. dadaism

Declension

Related terms

• dadaist
• dadaistisk

References

• dadaism in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• Dadaism in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed. supplement, 1923)