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dada

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q6034}}A cultural movement that began in [[w:Zürich, Switzerland|Zürich, Switzerland]] during and as a reaction to [[w:World War I|World War I]] and peaked from 1916 to 1920, which primarily involved visual arts, literature (mainly [[poetry]]), [[theatre]], and graphic design, and was characterized by [[deliberate]] [[irrationality]], [[disillusionment]], [[cynicism]], [[nihilism]], [[randomness]], and [[rejection]] of the [[prevail]]ing standards in [[art]].

Proper noun

  1. {{initialism of|en|w:Defense Against the Dark Arts}}.

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