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avant-garde |'avänt 'gärd; ?avä n |
noun (usu. the avant-garde)
new and unusual or experimental ideas, esp. in the arts, or the people introducing them : works by artists of the Russian avant-garde.
adjective
favoring or introducing such new ideas : a controversial avant-garde composer.
DERIVATIVES
avant-gardism |-?diz?m| noun
avant-gardist |-dist| noun
Thesaurus
avant-garde
adjective
this year's avant-garde fashion statement
innovative, original, experimental, left-field, inventive, ahead of the times, cutting/leading/bleeding edge, new, modern, innovatory, advanced, forward-looking, state-of-the-art, trend-setting, pioneering, progressive, Bohemian, groundbreaking, trailblazing, revolutionary; unfamiliar, unorthodox, unconventional; informal offbeat, way-out.
antonym conservative.
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Passionate
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passionate |--pa sh ?nit|
adjective
showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief : passionate pleas for help | he's passionate about football.
• showing or caused by intense feelings of sexual love : a passionate kiss.
• dominated by or easily affected by intense emotion : a strong-minded and passionate man.
DERIVATIVES
passionately adverb
passionateness noun
ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the senses [easily moved to passion] and [enraged] ): from medieval Latin passionatus 'full of passion,' from passio (see passion ).
Thesaurus
passionate
adjective
1 a passionate entreaty intense, impassioned, ardent, fervent, vehement, heated, emotional, heartfelt, eager, excited, animated, adrenalized, spirited, energetic, fervid, frenzied, fiery, wild, consuming, violent; literary perfervid. antonym apathetic.
2 Elizabeth is passionate about sports very keen on, very enthusiastic about, addicted to; informal mad about, crazy about, hooked on, nuts about, nutso for.
3 a passionate kiss amorous, ardent, hot-blooded, aroused, loving, sexy, sensual, erotic, lustful; informal steamy, hot, red-hot, turned on. antonym cold.
4 a passionate woman excitable, emotional, fiery, volatile, mercurial, quick-tempered, high-strung, impulsive, temperamental. antonym phlegmatic.
