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MODERNISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Practices typical of contemporary life or thought
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("modernism" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
Derivation:
modernistic (relating to a recently developed fashion or style)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("modernism" is a kind of...):
genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)
Derivation:
modernist (an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles)
modernistic (relating to a recently developed fashion or style)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of being current or of the present
Example:
a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
Synonyms:
contemporaneity; contemporaneousness; modernism; modernity; modernness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("modernism" is a kind of...):
currency; currentness; up-to-dateness (the property of belonging to the present time)
Attribute:
modern (belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages)
Derivation:
modernistic (relating to a recently developed fashion or style)
