retrogarde
Descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past,…Descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.
Meaning
1 sensesDescriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.
Origin
From avant-garde, with French avant (“before”) replaced with retro- (“pertaining to an earFrom avant-garde, with French avant (“before”) replaced with retro- (“pertaining to an earlier time”). Piecewise doublet of rearguard.
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