Dada (Noun)
Meaning 1
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- I'm going to spend the day with my dada at the park.
- Dada, can you read me a bedtime story?
- The little boy excitedly waved goodbye to his dada as he left for work.
- She learned to say "dada" before she could say "mama".
- The toddler clung tightly to his dada's leg, refusing to let go.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The art movement, known as Dada, rejected traditional aesthetics and instead celebrated the absurd and irrational.
- In Zurich, a group of artists and writers founded the Dada movement as a reaction to the horrors of World War I.
- Dada artists like Marcel Duchamp and Hannah Höch created works that were intentionally nonsensical and subversive.
- The Dada movement was marked by its rejection of reason and its celebration of chaos and disorder.
- Dada's influence can be seen in later art movements, such as Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, which also sought to challenge traditional notions of art.