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Meaning of AVANT GARDE

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time
  2. [adj]  radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece"
 
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 Synonyms: daring, original, van, vanguard
 
 See Also: art movement, artistic movement

 

 

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