What is the meaning of avant-garde?

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noun

Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts.
- synonyms: vanguard, van, new wave

adjective

Radically new or original.
- usage: "an avant-garde theater piece"
- synonyms: daring

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