dadaist

American  

[dah-dah-ist] / ˈdɑ dɑ ɪst /

adjective

1. characterized by the principles or style of dada.

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noun

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

Example Sentences

Then, the wine mom moved into her final, ironic stage: the surrealist meme, a dadaist take that almost brings the trope back to its real-life roots.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

“Three Busy Debras” is an oftentimes-absurd, dadaist comedy about three women with the same name who usually dress in white and have bizarre experiences.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Eagles fans famously booed Santa Claus and threw snowballs at him in 1968, and their celebrations after the 2018 Super Bowl triumph turned the city’s police scanner into dadaist radio theater.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2020

The Dot wasn’t supposed to behave like a dadaist drill sergeant.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2019

With these, he transforms banal government safety messaging into almost dadaist tableaus — if only the old dada artists had enjoyed access to ironic clip art.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2019