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modernity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernness |
| Type of | currency, currentness, up-to-dateness |
| Derivation | modern |
a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village.
Examples of modernity
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It is a suitable seat from which to expound on merging tradition with modernity.
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Even their appearance symbolised a defiant resistance to any trace of modernity.
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With modernity now religion's friend, an eternal subject has become fashionable.
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But the forces of modernity haven't yet changed life much for the Gikuyu people.
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Some of the effects of modernity are more subtly detrimental to Tibetan culture.
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Hungary's race away from modernity is fuelling an exodus by those it needs most.
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No wonder the Arab world and Western-style modernity have collided with a shock.
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Despite its modernity, her music has a distinctly Sephardic and tonal character.
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Both kickstarted their re-entry into modernity in the middle of the last century.
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- The quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
- (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) mod: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
- (modern) characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
- Modernity typically refers to a post-traditional, post-medieval historical period, in particular, one marked by the move from feudalism (or agrarianism) toward capitalism, industrialisation, secularization, rationalization, the nation-state and its constituent institutions and forms of ...
- (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
- (Modern (dance)) Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.
