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Avant-garde   /əvˈɑntgˈɑrd/  /əvˈɑngˈɑrd/   Listen
Avant-garde

noun
1.
Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts).  Synonyms: new wave, van, vanguard.
adjective
1.
Radically new or original.  Synonym: daring.






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"Avant-garde" Quotes from Famous Books



... precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier^, avant-coureur [Fr.], pioneer, prodrome^, prodromos^, prodromus^, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare^, forelooper^, foreloper^, stalking-horse, voorlooper [Afrik.], voortrekker [Afrik.]. prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos [Fr.], protasis^, proemium^, prolusion^, proem, prolepsis [Gramm.], prolegomena, prefix, introduction; heading, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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