Italian plural of avanguardista; members of an avant-garde movement, particularly the Fascist youth militia's artistic or radical wing.
Italian from 'avanguardia' (vanguard), borrowed from French 'avant-garde.' Gained specific meaning during the 1920s-30s Italian Fascist era when youth groups embraced radical artistic and political positions.
Avanguardisti youth in Fascist Italy showed how artistic 'rebels' could be co-opted by authoritarian movements—they believed they were revolutionary artists when they were actually serving propaganda purposes!
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