New Wave Definition

noun
A movement in French cinema in the 1960s, led by directors such as Jean Luc Godard and François Truffaut, that abandoned traditional narrative techniques in favor of greater use of symbolism and abstraction and dealt with themes of social alienation, psychopathology, and sexual love.
American Heritage
Any of various new or experimental trends or movements, as in the arts or popular culture.
Webster's New World
Any of various new movements in cinema, especially one led by a group of experimental filmmakers.
American Heritage
A style of rock music popularized in the early 1980s, marked by the use of synthesizers.
American Heritage

Any of several movements in music film which are or were considered cutting edge.

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adjective
Of or pertaining to the New Wave.
Wiktionary

Innovative and ground-breaking.

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Origin of New Wave

  • Translation of French nouvelle vague nouvelle new vague wave

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • A calque of French Nouvelle Vague.

    From Wiktionary

New Wave Sentence Examples

  • Cynthia dropped to the couch and held the cool rag to her face as a new wave of nausea clutched her stomach.

  • The direction, too, in which the new wave travels is different from the previous one.

  • When, however, in 1575 a new wave of plague passed over Europe, its origin was referred to Constantinople, whence it was said to have spread by sea to Malta, Sicily and Italy, and by land through the Austrian territories to Germany.

  • As with a lot of punk or new wave artists The Members later albums never attained the quality of their first album.

  • Toy Story The phrase vinyl junkie has taken on a whole new meaning with the rise of the new wave toy culture.

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