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dadaism

American

[dah-dah-iz-uhm] / ˈdɑ dɑˌɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter) dada, or the theory and principles behind it.

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Taking additional influences from dadaism and futurism, Carballar formed Aviador Dro in 1979, adopting the stage name Biovac-N and styling the band as techno-mutants behind analogue keyboards.

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2020

Outsider art, folk art, dadaism, steampunk, Victorian modernism all with an upcycling ethos?

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2019

Surrealism and its anarchic cousin dadaism are nothing new; neither is absurdism or weirdness in art.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2017

You might have called it a dystopian sort of dadaism.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2015

His defeat would, by implication, have given support to dissonance, dadaism, creative evolution and bolshevism.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood

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