avant-gardism
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avant-gardism — avant garde ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (in the arts) new and experimental. ► NOUN (the avant garde) ▪ avant garde ideas or artists. DERIVATIVES avant gardism noun avant gardist noun. ORIGIN French, vanguard … English terms dictionary
avant-gardism — avant gard·ism … English syllables
avant-gardism — /euh vahnt gahr diz euhm, euh vant , av ahnt , ah vahnt /, n. the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant garde. [1945 50; AVANT GARDE + ISM] * * * … Universalium
avant-gardism — noun see avant garde I … New Collegiate Dictionary
avant-gardism — ˌdizəm noun ( s) : predilection for or practice of intellectual or artistic experimentalism : participation in activity or effort associated with the avant garde … Useful english dictionary
avant-garde — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (in the arts) new and experimental. ► NOUN (the avant garde) ▪ avant garde ideas or artists. DERIVATIVES avant gardism noun avant gardist noun. ORIGIN French, vanguard … English terms dictionary
avant-gardist — avant garde ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (in the arts) new and experimental. ► NOUN (the avant garde) ▪ avant garde ideas or artists. DERIVATIVES avant gardism noun avant gardist noun. ORIGIN French, vanguard … English terms dictionary
avant-garde — [ə vänt΄gärd′, ä΄vänt΄gärd′, a΄vänt΄gärd′; ] Fr [ ȧ vän gȧrd′] n. [Fr, lit., advance guard] the leaders in new or unconventional movements, esp. in the arts; vanguard adj. of such movements, ideas, etc. avant gardism n. avant gardist n … English World dictionary
avant-garde — [ˌavɒavant garde gα:d] adjective (in the arts) new and unusual or experimental. noun (the avant garde) avant garde ideas or artists. Derivatives avant gardism noun avant gardist noun Origin ME (denoting the vanguard of an army): from Fr., lit.… … English new terms dictionary
avant-garde — I. noun Etymology: French, vanguard Date: 1910 an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts • avant gardism noun • avant gardist noun II. adjective Date: 1925 of or relating to an avant garde … New Collegiate Dictionary
