Definition of the avant-garde

the avant-gardenoun

tiên phong

/ði ˌævɒ̃ ˈɡɑːd//ði ˌævɑ̃ː ˈɡɑːrd/

Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the vanguard of an army): from French, literally ‘vanguard’. Current senses date from the early 20th cent.

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new and very modern ideas in art, music or literature that are sometimes surprising or shock people

Example:
  • He was a promoter of the avant-garde.

a group of artists, etc. who introduce new and very modern ideas

Example:
  • They claim that the avant-garde has/have now become absorbed into the mainstream.