modernism
Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etcModern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
» Algiers should have a unique form of modernism.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
practices typical of contemporary life or thought
(countable)Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
Modernismus
модерни́змmodɛrnízm
модерні́змmodernízm
(countable, uncountable)A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.
Examples
3 sentencesAlgiers should have a unique form of modernism.
Postmodernism is the period after modernism and that period's collective output.
Postmodernism is different from modernism.
ruПостмодернизм не то же самое, что модернизм.
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Forms
plural: modernisms| Singular | modernism |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the quality of being current or of the present:modernitymodernnesscontemporaneitycontemporaneousness
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable