Avant-garde

Avant-garde /ɑvɑ̃gɑrd/ in French means front guard, advance guard, or vanguard

Avant-garde /ɑvɑ̃gɑrd/ in French means front guard, advance guard, or vanguard. People often use the term in French and English to refer to people or works that are experimental or novel, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.

According to its champions, the avant-garde pushes the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm within definitions of art/culture/reality.