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.

OriginSerbo-Croatian cȓnī vȃl →
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Meanings

proper nounthe Black Wave
  1. broadcastingA 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

  1. Serbo-Croatiancȓnī vȃl
  2. EnglishBlack Wave

Calque of Serbo-Croatian cȓnī vȃl.

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APA

Black Wave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Black%20Wave

MLA

“Black Wave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Black%20Wave. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Black Wave,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Black%20Wave.

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