NEW WAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does New Wave mean? 

• NEW WAVE (noun)
  The noun NEW WAVE has 2 senses:

1. an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s

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

  Familiarity information: NEW WAVE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEW WAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An art movement in French cinema in the 1960s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

New Wave; Nouvelle Vague

Hypernyms ("New Wave" is a kind of...):

art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

avant-garde; new wave; van; vanguard

Hypernyms ("new wave" is a kind of...):

art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)