avant-garde (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: vanguard , van , new wave ]

    avant-garde (adj.)

  1. radically new or original; an avant-garde theater piece

    [ Syn: daring ]

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