Found 2 items, similar to avant-garde.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: avant-garde 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: avant-garde 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] 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]