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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
avant-garde /ˌavɒ̃ˈgɑːd/

▶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. ‘vanguard’.

'avant-garde' also found in these Oxford entries:

avant- - edgy - far out - nouveau roman - surrealism - way-out

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