ˌnew ˈwave BrE AmE noun
1 . [countable] a group of people who try to introduce new ideas in music, films, art, politics etc
new wave of
a new wave of feminism in the sixties and early seventies
2 . [uncountable] ( also New Wave ) a type of music that was popular in the 1970s and early 1980s, which uses ↑ synthesizer s and a strong beat, and in which the words are sung without much emotion