What does "readymade" mean?

Alternative form of ready-made.

What is a synonym for "readymade"?

Common synonyms include: adaptable, also: thesaurus:custom-made, assembled, believable, built, cast.

Readymade

adj, noun

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Noun

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Alternative form of ready-made. alt-of, alternative
"Marcel Duchamp's urinal and readymades seemed in the beginning to be insider jokes or jokelike paradoxes meant to awaken people from their aesthetic slumbers."

Adjective

1
Alternative form of ready-made. alt-of, alternative

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adaptable also: thesaurus:custom-made assembled believable built cast

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"Marcel Duchamp's urinal and readymades seemed in the beginning to be insider jokes or jokelike paradoxes meant to awaken people from their aesthetic slumbers."

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