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plural avant-gardes
(obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.
Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts. examples
comparative more avant-garde, superlative most avant-garde
Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so. quotations examples
I fear she will pay a heavy price for the avant-garde ideas she has been sold.
2014, James Dobson, Modesty and Self-Esteem