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New Wave meaning in English

Meaning of New Wave in English

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New Wave

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Noun

1. new wave, nouvelle vague

an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s

2. avant-garde, new wave, van, vanguard

any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

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New Wave

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noun
a movement in art, film-making, politics, etc, that consciously breaks with traditional ideas
noun
1.  the New Wave
2. 
rock music of the late 1970s, related to punk but more complex: sometimes used to include punk

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New Wave

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any of various new or experimental trends or movements, as in the arts or popular culture

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New Wave

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n.
1. often New Wave
a. A movement in French cinema in the 1960s, led by directors such as Jean Luc Godard and François Truffaut, that abandoned traditional narrative techniques in favor of greater use of symbolism and abstraction and dealt with themes of social alienation, psychopathology, and sexual love. Also called nouvelle vague.
b. Any of various new movements in cinema, especially one led by a group of experimental filmmakers.
2. An avant-garde or experimental movement, as in the arts.
3. Music A style of rock music popularized in the early 1980s, marked by the use of synthesizers.

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