Phrase guide
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noun
An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Synonyms: New Wave
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A new movement in art or society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of nouvelle vague.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: New Wave
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artistic movement, art movement
History
Unadapted borrowing from French nouvelle vague (literally “new wave”).
