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Noun: new wave  n(y)oo weyv
  1. 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
Noun: New Wave
  1. An art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
    - Nouvelle Vague
     
  2. 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