Modernism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Modernism is a noun meaning (uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
Meaning
(uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
More Meanings
- (countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
- Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
- 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.
Example Sentences
Penrod is so referential as to be almost a work of postmodernism—assuming Tarkington could have imagined such a thing with modernism itself just beginning to steamroll over him.
Word Forms
- modernisms
Synonyms for modernism
Depending on context, synonyms include contemporaneousness, contemporaneity, modernity, modernness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include modernity, modernness, contemporaneousness, contemporaneity, modernization, avant-gardism.
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