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The definition of avant garde is new and innovative in style or method, usually describing something in the arts.

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An example of avant garde is a up-and-coming painter who is using a new, modern painting style.

See avant-garde in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the leaders in new or unconventional movements, esp. in the arts; vanguard

Origin: Fr, lit., advance guard

adjective

of such movements, ideas, etc.

Related Forms:

avant-gardism noun
avant-gardist noun

See avant-garde in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A group active in the invention and application of new techniques in a given field, especially in the arts.

adjective

Of, relating to, or being part of an innovative group, especially one in the arts: avant-garde painters; an avant-garde theater piece.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French, vanguard; see vanguard

Related Forms:

aˌvant-gardˈism noun

aˌvant-gardˈist noun

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