English-Thai Dictionary

avant-garde

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New American Oxford Dictionary

avant-garde

a vant-garde |ˌavänt ˈgärd, ˌaväN ævɑː̃ˈɡɑːrd | ▶noun (usu. the avant-garde ) new and unusual or experimental ideas, esp. in the arts, or the people introducing them: works by artists of the Russian avant-garde. ▶adjective favoring or introducing such new ideas: a controversial avant-garde composer. DERIVATIVES a vant-gard ism |-ˌdizəm |noun, a vant-gard ist |-dist |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the vanguard of an army ): from French, literally ‘vanguard. ’ Current senses date from the early 20th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

avant-garde

avant-garde |ˌavɒ̃ˈgɑːd | ▶noun (usu. the avant-garde ) new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature: he has been called a promoter of the avant-garde. • a group of artists, musicians, or writers working with new and experimental ideas and methods: works by artists of the Russian avant-garde. ▶adjective favouring or introducing new and experimental ideas and methods: a controversial avant-garde composer. DERIVATIVES avant-gardism noun, avant-gardist noun ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the vanguard of an army ): from French, literally ‘vanguard ’. Current senses date from the early 20th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

avant-garde

avant-garde adjective this year's avant-garde fashion statement: innovative, original, experimental, left-field, inventive, ahead of the times, cutting /leading /bleeding edge, new, modern, innovatory, advanced, forward-looking, state-of-the-art, trend-setting, pioneering, progressive, Bohemian, groundbreaking, trailblazing, revolutionary; unfamiliar, unorthodox, unconventional; informal offbeat, way-out. ANTONYMS conservative. WORD NOTE avant-garde I met a traveler from a modern land who said: I used to think I knew what avant-garde meant, it meant new art so advanced you can't understand it, like a chic perfume without a scent. An avant-garde poem was abstract you could get rid of commas and capital letters forget making sense dreams were better irony mandatory and meaning arbitrary like poker with blanks instead of cards. It was intimidating and I remained leery until I met A. and his avant-garde smile: “Just do the opposite of whatever's in style, ” he said with a wink when he won an award. “You see, it isn't so hard to be avant-garde. ” — DL Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

avant-garde

avant-garde adjective her tastes were too avant-garde for her contemporaries: innovative, advanced, innovatory, original, experimental, inventive, ahead of the times, new, forward-looking, futuristic, modern, ultra-modern, state-of-the-art, trendsetting, pioneering, progressive, groundbreaking, trailblazing, revolutionary; unfamiliar, unorthodox, unconventional, eccentric, offbeat, bohemian; N. Amer. left-field; informal go-ahead, way-out; rare new-fashioned, neoteric. ANTONYMS conservative, reactionary.

 

French Dictionary

avant-garde

avant-garde n. f. (pl. avant-gardes ) nom féminin 1 Partie d ’une armée qui précède les troupes. : Des avant-gardes en alerte. 2 Mouvement novateur. : Du théâtre d ’avant-garde. LOCUTION D ’avant-garde, à l ’avant-garde En avance sur son époque, à la pointe de quelque chose. SYNONYME avant-gardiste . ANTONYME d ’arrière -garde .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

avant-garde

av ant-garde /ɑ̀ːvɑnɡɑ́ː r d |æ̀vɔŋ -/〖＜フランス 〗形容詞 〈人 作品などが 〉前衛的な .名詞 〖the ～; 集合的に; ｟英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗前衛芸術家たち ; U 前衛芸術 .