Advanced 📚 Vocabulary · #840 of 1319

avant-garde (adj.)

experimental

Examples

  • Avant-garde theatre.

Key rules

  • Avant-garde means experimental and very modern
  • Avant-garde theatre, avant-garde art
  • Avant-garde can be a noun

Common mistakes

  • The avant-garde art is old → Avant-garde art is new
💡 Tip: Art // Theatre // Design
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