Noun: new wave n(y)oo weyv
- Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
"The artist was part of the new wave movement in 1960s New York";
- avant-garde, vanguard
- An art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
- Nouvelle Vague
- A genre of rock music in the late 1970s and early 1980s characterized by minimal arrangements and electronic sounds
"The band's New Wave sound featured prominent synthesizers"
Derived forms: new waves
Type of: art movement, artistic movement
Encyclopedia: New wave
New Wave