New Wave Definition

noun

A movement in French cinema in the 1960s, led by directors such as Jean Luc Godard and François Truffaut, that abandoned traditional narrative techniques in favor of greater use of symbolism and abstraction and dealt with themes of social alienation, psychopathology, and sexual love.

American Heritage

Any of various new or experimental trends or movements, as in the arts or popular culture.

Webster's New World

Any of various new movements in cinema, especially one led by a group of experimental filmmakers.

American Heritage

A style of rock music popularized in the early 1980s, marked by the use of synthesizers.

American Heritage

Any of several movements in music film which are or were considered cutting edge.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
nouvelle vague
avant-garde
vanguard
van

adjective

Of or pertaining to the New Wave.

Wiktionary

Innovative and ground-breaking.

Wiktionary

Origin of New Wave

Translation of French nouvelle vague nouvelle new vague wave

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
A calque of French Nouvelle Vague.

From Wiktionary