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dadaist

American  
[dah-dah-ist] / ˈdɑ dɑ ɪst /

adjective

  1. characterized by the principles or style of dada.


noun

  1. a practitioner of dada in art, music, or literature.

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Humphries was also an actor, painter, author and Dadaist performer of pranks.

From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2023

A Norwegian poet and author with a distinctly Dadaist sensibility, Oyehaug seems to delight in keeping you off-balance.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

His thesis was on the Dadaist artists Francis Picabia and Marcel Duchamp.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022

Translating Andre’s punk-rock, Dadaist style of comedy into a coherent film was no easy feat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2021

Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadaist movements and schisms, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantisms of the forming and breaking schools.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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