new guard

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English

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Etymology

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From the antonym old guard.

Noun

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new guard (plural new guards)

  1. A person who is more willing to accept new ideas than their peers are.
  2. Collectively, people who have recently gained prominence or influence within a specific field.
    • 1971 December, Zygmunt Bauman, “Twenty Years After: The Crisis of Soviet-Type Systems”, in Theodore Frankel, editor, Problems of Communism[1], volume 20, number 6, page 49:
      The fits and starts of recent East European political history have many of their deepest roots in this inherently ambiguous predicament of the new guard of middle- and upper-level leaders.
    • 2022 January 17, Liam Hess, “The new guard of young designers interrogating cultural identity”, in Dazed Digital[2]:
      Across the UK, a new guard of designers is drawing on global influences to ask how we can use our pasts – whether cultural heritage, personal histories, or intergenerational trauma and healing – to forge a new path to the future that ricochets between the boundaries of sexuality, gender, race, and nationality.
    • 2023 November 30, Jonah Waterhouse, “What does New Zealand fashion look like? These 4 designers give a fresh idea”, in Vogue Australia[3]:
      Docherty sees the new guard of New Zealand designers as representing the country’s multifaceted nature.

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