new wave

noun

1. a movement, trend, or vogue, as in art, literature, or politics, that breaks with traditional concepts, values, techniques, or the like.
2. (often initial capital letters) a group of leaders or representatives of such a movement, especially of French film directors of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Compare nouvelle vague.
3. (often initial capital letters) a largely minimalist but emotionally intense style of rock music, being an outgrowth of punk rock in the late 1970s, typified by spare or repetitive arrangements, and emphasizing energetic, unpolished performance.

New Wave

¹

noun

1. rock music of the late 1970s, related to punk but more complex: sometimes used to include punk

new wave

²

noun

1. a movement in art, film-making, politics, etc, that consciously breaks with traditional ideas

New Wave

³

noun

1. the New Wave
   the New Wave a movement in the French cinema of the 1960s, led by such directors as Godard, Truffaut, and Resnais, characterized by a fluid use of the camera and an abandonment of traditional editing techniques Also known asLa Nouvelle Vague

Other Words From

• new-wave adjective
• newwaver noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of new wave¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

I’m calling on my colleagues, our industry, our governments and more to join me in supporting a new wave of developer-led activism and renew efforts to collectively close the skills gap that exists today.

From TechCrunch

The new wave on influencers invites Coach and Champion fans to participate in a series of fun challenges inspired by the new collection.

From Essence.com

The protests became about more than one branch of the police, serving as a broad public admonishment of the current administration as a whole, and inspiring a whole new wave of Nigerian political activism.

From Eater

The intensification of the pandemic in recent weeks, with viral infections and covid-19 hospitalizations surging nationwide, has unleashed a new wave of uncertainty.

From Washington Post

Some epidemiologists in Brazil say those characteristics mean new strain is the “most plausible explanation” for the new wave of cases in Manaus.

From Time

As the hairstylist Sam McKnight is quoted in the book saying, “It was a new wave, and it changed fashion forever.”

From The Daily Beast

Now comes a new wave of young immigrants sent north to escape rampant gang violence in Central America.

From The Daily Beast

Instead, his speech was followed by a new wave of white-on-black violence.

From The Daily Beast

The response of the white South to the 1963 March on Washington was a new wave of racial violence.

From The Daily Beast

Celebrity Rehab better get ready for a whole new wave of D-listers fighting off addictions to little round blue things.

From The Daily Beast

I think about the beak of the ship, which buries itself in each new wave.

From Project Gutenberg

Every glance around the room, which revealed the vacant place of our friends, would bring our sorrow in a new wave upon us again.

From Project Gutenberg

Nearly a month was spent in the wood, the time being devoted to training in the new wave formation for the coming offensive.

From Project Gutenberg

The settlement of Virginia by the English was followed by remonstrance and a new wave of missionary activity.

From Project Gutenberg

Close at their back now lay the German invaders of Britain—a new wave of the human tide always flowing westward.

From Project Gutenberg