avant-garde /(ȧ*vänt"-gärd`)/

a·vant·-garde

avant-garde

n.
  1. The most advanced group of people in any field of endeavor, especially in literary and artistic work, usually characterized by new ideas and experimental techniques.

avant-garde

a.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the avant-garde.
  2. Characterized by the use of experimental techniques; modern; daring; radical.