modernity
The quality of being modern or contemporaryThe quality of being modern or contemporary.
» The nation state is a product of modernity.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being modern or contemporary.
He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.
Modernität
совреме́нностьsovreménnostʹ
суча́сністьsučásnistʹ
the quality of being current or of the present
(countable, uncountable)Modern times.
The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.
совреме́нностьsovreménnostʹ
суча́сністьsučásnistʹ
(countable, uncountable)Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.
Examples
7 sentencesThe nation state is a product of modernity.
It has hints of modernity but is well-rooted in tradition.
Boston is a city that uniquely combines history, culture, and modernity.
The clash between tradition and modernity is a recurring theme in many literary works.
It took over a hundred thousand years for anatomically modern humans to develop behavioral modernity.
deEs hat über hundertausend Jahre gedauert, bis der anatomisch moderne Mensch auch im Verhalten Modernität entwickelt hat.
Translations
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Origin
From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.
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Forms
plural: modernities| Singular | modernity |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the quality of being current or of the present:modernnessmodernismcontemporaneitycontemporaneousness
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable