avant-

British  

prefix

1. of or belonging to the avant-garde of a specified field

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Example Sentences

These films, along with theatre such as Arthur Miller’s McCarthy era allegory “The Crucible,” and surreal, avant garde works like Jean Paul Sartre’s “No Exit” and Samuel Becket’s “Waiting for Godot,” tested the assumptions of bourgeois 1950s America and led the way to the creative explosion of the following decades.

From Salon

Gehry is known for his avant garde, experimental style of architecture.

From BBC

But one event at the university, in which avant garde designs were celebrated with a show that included electronic music and colourful projections attracted unwelcome attention.

From Barron's

A court had accepted a plea from a software company called the Avant!

From Literature

Michael Burry started digging; by the time he was done, he knew more about the Avant!

From Literature