Dadaism
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A nihilistic avant-garde art and literary movement of the early twentieth century that rejected conventional aesthetics in favour of irrationality and absurdism.
“Dadaism emerged in Zurich during the First World War as a reaction against what its founders saw as the bankruptcy of bourgeois culture.”
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Starts DADA with repeated letters D and A. Ends in ISM. The double A and double D are the key features to confirm early.
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Double D and double A give moderate tile value. The ISM suffix is a common Scrabble ending. A solid 7-letter rack-clearing word.
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