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NEW WAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
Synonyms:
avant-garde; new wave; van; vanguard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("new wave" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
Synonyms:
New Wave; Nouvelle Vague
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("New Wave" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
