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name
Initialism of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Father, dad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Dada (“cultural movement”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
A cultural movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland during and as a reaction to 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 prevailing standards in art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dadaism
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Broader terms: artistic movement, art movement
noun
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dad, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop
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Broader terms: father, male parent, begetter
History
Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad.
From French dada (literally “hobby horse”).
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
