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Black Wave

Black Wave proper noun: a Yugoslav film movement of the 1960s and 1970s, characterized by its dark humor and critical examination of the socialist society at the time.

Proper noun

the Black Wave

  1. A Yugoslav film movement of the 1960s and 1970s, characterized by its dark humor and critical examination of the socialist society at the time.
    • Still, the moviemaking style which began with the so called “Black Wave” of the Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, led by Dušan Makavejev and Želimir Žilnik, has many common traits, especially at the level of the humoresque,[…][2014, Doru Pop, Romanian New Wave Cinema: An Introduction, McFarland, →ISBN, page 155

Origin of Black Wave

Calque of Serbo-Croatian cȓnī vȃl.

Questions about Black Wave

What does Black Wave mean?
Black Wave means a Yugoslav film movement of the 1960s and 1970s, characterized by its dark humor and critical examination of the socialist society at the time.
What part of speech is Black Wave?
Black Wave is a proper noun.

Words near Black Wave in the dictionary

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  2. black walnut
  3. black walnuts
  4. Black Warrior
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  6. Black Wave
  7. black wedding
  8. black weddings
  9. black whale
  10. black whales
  11. black where it counts

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