MODERNISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

Meaning:

The quality of being current or of the present

Example:

a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village

Synonyms:

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)