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[ mo-dur -ni-tee, moh- ] SHOW IPA
/ mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural mo·der·ni·ties. the quality of being modern.
something modern.
Origin of modernity First recorded in 1620–30; modern + -ity
OTHER WORDS FROM modernity hy·per·mo·dern·i·ty, noun, plural hy·per·mo·dern·i·ties. un·mo·der·ni·ty, noun, plural un·mo·der·ni·ties. Words nearby modernity Modern Hebrew, Modern Icelandic, modernism, modernist, modernistic, modernity , modernize, modern jazz, modern language, modern pentathlon, Modern Persian
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Example sentences from the Web for modernity The Wilderness Act—enacted to, essentially, protect our national forests and parks from modernity —turns 50 today.
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The lesson of Victorian London is that modernity isn't built one luxury high-rise at a time.
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He is a man of deep faith and brilliant intellect, with a healthy dose of modernity and realism.
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That glosses with modernity the 19th century laissez fair case against economic and social justice.
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In 2016, modernity and Hillary may come with a high price for the Republicans.
Republicans Better Mind the Modernity Gap To Catch Up to Clinton | Lloyd Green| March 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It stands curiously aside from the wave of modernity that has washed up to it from the wealthy delocalized coast.
A Spring Walk in Provence | Archibald Marshall
They were originally built during the regime of Lopez I., who was the patron of modernity .
Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile | Henry Stephens
And yet it was clear to him now that his Modernity had first felt conservative reactions on that very day.
Angela's Business | Henry Sydnor Harrison
And all modernity became as nothing then, and Charles was a simple man, horrified by the sight of woman's grief.
Angela's Business | Henry Sydnor Harrison
"Well, there's something to be said for being awake and something to be said for modernity ," observed Norman.
The King of Alsander | James Elroy Flecker
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British Dictionary definitions for modernity noun plural -ties the quality or state of being modern
something modern
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