A deliberate approach or practice that rejects systematic methodology in favor of spontaneity, improvisation, or deliberate disorder.
Formed from 'anti-' (against) and 'method' (an organized procedure). The term emerged in artistic and philosophical contexts, particularly in the 20th century with movements like Dadaism and absurdism.
The Dada art movement was pure antimethod—they literally used randomness, nonsense, and chaos as artistic principles to protest the 'rational' thinking that led to World War I, proving sometimes anti-logic makes a point.
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