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new wave

any of various new or experimental trends or movements, as in the arts or popular culture

Etymology: calque of Fr nouvelle vague; see wave,

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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