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 Definitions of avant-garde  [əˌvɑntˈgɑrd, əˌvænt-, ˌæv ɑnt-, ˌɑ vɑnt-;]  

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Definition of 'avant-garde' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) avant-garde
the advance group in a field, esp. in the arts, whose works are unorthodox and experimental.

2. (adj.) avant-garde
characteristic of or belonging to the avant-garde.

Etymology:  (1910–15; < F: lit., fore-guard. See vanguard)

Definition of 'avant-garde' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wave
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

2. (adj) avant-garde, daring
radically new or original
"an avant-garde theater piece"



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