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modernist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | artist, creative person |
| Derivation | modernism |
Examples of modernist
modernist
Sadly, this crumbling modernist survivor appears destined for the wrecking ball.
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Then came the modernist tradition, which now dominates therapy in North America.
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In some parallel universe the minor modernist masterpiece is their headquarters.
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Expressionist graphics, decisive slogans and modernist wit pervade these images.
From the guardian.co.uk
Modernist Cuisine, he says, could finally sound the death knell for that phrase.
From the guardian.co.uk
Why is he being so gratuitously horrid about French post-modernist philosophers?
From the guardian.co.uk
But however wayward and annoying, Godard is a distinctive modernist screen poet.
From the guardian.co.uk
The modernist architect died in 1953 at 65 without seeing the project completed.
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Too bad American modernist chef Wylie Dufresne didn't know that before they met.
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- An artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
- (modernistic) mod: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
- (modern) belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
- (modern) a contemporary person
- (modern) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
- (modern) characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
- Modernism in music is characterized by a desire for or belief in progress and science, surrealism, anti-romanticism, political advocacy, general intellectualism, and/or a breaking with the past or common practice.
- (Modernists) Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes both a set of cultural tendencies and an array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in ...
- (Modern (album)) Modern is the sixth studio album by punk rock band Buzzcocks. It was released in 1999. It was arranged and produced by Tony Barber
