avant-gardist

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-gardist — avant gard·ist …   English syllables

avant-gardist — noun A person who is avant garde or espouses avant garde points of view …   Wiktionary

avant-gardist — noun see avant garde I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

avant-gardist — See avant gardism. * * * …   Universalium

avant gardist — person who develops new or experimental concepts …   English contemporary dictionary

avant-gardist — …   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-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-garde — avant gardist, n. /euh vahnt gahrd , euh vant , av ahnt , ah vahnt /; Fr. /ann vahonn gannrddd /, n. 1. the advance group in any field, esp. in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and… …   Universalium

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