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AVANT-GARDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

Synonyms:

avant-garde; new wave; van; vanguard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("avant-garde" is a kind of...):

art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Radically new or original

Example:

an avant-garde theater piece

Synonyms:

avant-garde; daring

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

original (being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of)

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