avant-garde
noun
the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
avant-gardist
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a word derived from
avant-garde.
Example Sentences
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The film boasts sensuous formal achievements, from the glorious alpine shots to the experimental sound design of a raging storm and the dizzying angles deployed by Kirsanoff, an Estonian Jew and Parisian avant-gardist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
How could any self-respecting avant-gardist miss the message?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
African American blues singer Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was leaving spellbinding impressions on an Australian avant-gardist named Nick Cave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Akinmusire is a modern wonder, a trumpet player with dazzling chops who also operates at an intuitive, abstract level that shows the influence of avant-gardist Don Cherry.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Lyons calls his play “an homage to Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz,” the early 20th-century, anti-totalitarian avant-gardist who was a visual artist as well as a playwright.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
