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mo·der·ni·ty M0363400 (mŏ-dûr′nĭ-tē, mō-)n. pl. mo·der·ni·ties The state or quality of being modern: "Warriors of the ... tribe, imposing symbols of a nomadic culture ... are caught between tradition and modernity" (Sheila Rule).modernity (mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. the quality or state of being modern2. something modernmo•der•ni•ty (mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ-)
n., pl. -ties. 1. the quality of being modern. 2. something modern. [1620–30] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  modernity - the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernness, modernismcurrentness, up-to-dateness, currency - the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term" |
modernitynoun novelty, currency, innovation, freshness, newness, contemporaneity, recentness an office block that astonished the city with its modernityTranslationsmodern (ˈmodən) adjective belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient. modern furniture/clothes. 現代的 现代的moˈdernity (-ˈdəː-) noun 現代性 现代性ˈmodernness noun 現代 现代ˈmodernize, ˈmodernise verb to bring up to date. We should modernize the education system. 現代化 使现代化ˌmoderniˈzation, ˌmoderniˈsation noun 現代化 现代化modern language a language spoken nowadays (as opposed to ancient Greek, Latin etc). 現代語言 近代语言modernityenUK
modernity the modern age, or the ideas and styles associated with this. In general historical terms, ‘modernity’ refers to the period since the Middle Ages and the RENAISSANCE and is associated with the replacement of TRADITIONAL SOCIETY by modern social forms (see MODERNIZATION). More specifically, it refers simply to the recent, to contemporary ways of doing things. If in one of its senses ‘modernity’ is seen as identified with a belief in rationality and the triumph of truth and science (see the ENLIGHTENMENT) it is now under attack from theorists who see the onset of a ‘postmodern’era (see POSTMODERNITY AND POSTMODERNISM). Against this, for other theorists (as in Marx's phrase ‘all that's solid melts into air’), the flux and uncertainty described as ‘postmodern’ can be seen as inherent in modernity itself.modernityenUK
Related to modernity: PostmodernitySynonyms for modernitynoun noveltySynonyms- novelty
- currency
- innovation
- freshness
- newness
- contemporaneity
- recentness
Synonyms for modernitynoun the quality of being current or of the presentSynonyms- contemporaneity
- contemporaneousness
- modernness
- modernism
Related Words- currentness
- up-to-dateness
- currency
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