Feminine
avant-garde
Meaning
- (feminine) vanguard
- (feminine, figuratively) avant-garde, firing line
- (Marxism, feminine) vanguard, the most politicized and conscious part of the proletariat.
Concepts
Opposite of
arrière-garde
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁd/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French avantgarde. By surface analysis, avant (“before, in front of”) + garde (“guard”).
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