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retrogarde

retrogarde adjective: descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.

Adjective

retrogarde

  1. Descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.

Origin of retrogarde

From avant-garde, with French avant (“before”) replaced with retro- (“pertaining to an earlier time”). Piecewise doublet of rearguard.

Questions about retrogarde

What does retrogarde mean?
Retrogarde means descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.
What part of speech is retrogarde?
Retrogarde is an adjective.

Words near retrogarde in the dictionary

  1. retrogame
  2. retrogamer
  3. retrogamers
  4. retrogames
  5. retrogaming
  6. retrogarde
  7. retrogastric
  8. retrogene
  9. retrogenes
  10. retrogenesis
  11. retrogenia

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