Avant-garde

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  avant-garde \a*vant`-garde"\ ([.a]*v[aum]nt"-g[aum]rd`), a.
     1. Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the avant-garde.
        [PJC]
  
     2. Characterized by the use of experimental techniques;
        modern; daring; radical.


        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  avant-garde \a*vant`-garde"\ ([.a]*v[aum]nt"-g[aum]rd`), n. [F.
     avant before + E. guard, F. avant-garde. See {Avaunt}.]
     The most advanced group of people in any field of endeavor,
     especially in literary and artistic work, usually
     characterized by new ideas and experimental techniques.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  avant-garde
       adj : radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece"
             [syn: {daring}]
       n : 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}]