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avant-garde definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece" [syn: avant-garde, daring] n
1: any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French, vanguard Date: 1910 an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts • avant-gardism noun • avant-gardist noun II. adjective Date: 1925 of or relating to an avant-garde <avant-garde writers>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. pioneers or innovators esp. in art and literature. --adj. (of ideas etc.) new, progressive. Derivatives: avant-gardism n. avant-gardist n. Etymology: F, = vanguard

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental. ...avant-garde concert music. ADJ: usu ADJ n • Avant-garde is also a noun. He was an enthusiast for the avant-garde.