avant-gardism
1avant-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 …
2avant-gardism — avant gard·ism …
3avant-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] * * * …
4avant-gardism — noun see avant garde I …
5avant-gardism — noun The novel, experimental approach of the avant garde …
6avant-gardism — ˌdizəm noun ( s) : predilection for or practice of intellectual or artistic experimentalism : participation in activity or effort associated with the avant garde …
7avant-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 …
8avant-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 …
9avant-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 …
10avant-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.… …
