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Avant-garde

//ˌɑˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

    "It was a very avant-garde production."

Adjective
  1. 1
    radically new or original wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The vanguard of an army or other force. obsolete
  2. 2
    any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde (“vanguard”). Doublet of vanguard and vaward.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde (“vanguard”). Doublet of vanguard and vaward.

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