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Synonyms & Antonyms of avant-garde
(Entry 1 of 2)
being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques
- a very avant-garde artist whose works wouldn't even be considered art by many traditionalists
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of avant-garde (Entry 2 of 2)
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts
- to the theater world's avant-garde, the melodrama seemed like a very old-fashioned play whose time had come and gone
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The first known use of avant-garde was in 1849
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