dadaist
UK/ˈdɑːdɑːɪst/
dadaist is the alternative letter-case form of Dadaist.
Adjective capitalized: Dadaist
Dadaist (not comparable)
- In the style of Dada.
- Breton's Surrealist movement transformed Dadaist despair -- at both the war and the technologies that had led to it -- into a constructive assault on social and sexual norms.2014 October 30, Ara Merjian, “How World War I gave birth to the modern”, in CNN
Noun capitalized: Dadaist
Dadaist (plural Dadaists)
- An artist or writer who practiced Dada.
- To the world at large, relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the 1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian David Cassidy calls "the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary...1999 December 27, Frederic Golden, “Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Person of the century”, in CNN
Forms of dadaist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dadaists |
| plural | Dadaists |
| Adjective | |
| alternative form | dadaist |
Origin of dadaist
From Dada + -ist.
Words formed from dadaist
Questions about dadaist
- What does dadaist mean?
- Dadaist means in the style of Dada.
- What is dadaist the alternative letter-case form of?
- Dadaist is the alternative letter-case form of Dadaist.
- What part of speech is dadaist?
- Dadaist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dadaist?
- Dadaist is pronounced /ˈdɑːdɑːɪst/ (UK).
Words near dadaist in the dictionary
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