Modernism Meaning
/mˈɑdəˌrnɪzəm/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounModern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
nounAnything that is characteristic of modernity.
Sentence Examples
Postmodernism is different from modernism.
Algiers should have a unique form of modernism.
He was strongly opposed to modernism in art.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist's work was influenced by ____, which rejected traditional forms and embraced abstraction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The architecture professor gave a fascinating lecture on the various key characteristics of ____ in twentieth-century building design.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English modern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English modernism From modern + -ism.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Penrod is so referential as to be almost a work of postmodernism—assuming Tarkington could have imagined such a thing with modernism itself just beginning to steamroll over him."
— 2004 May, Thomas Mallon, “Hoosiers”, in The Atlantic:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The artist's work was influenced by ____, which rejected traditional forms and embraced abstraction.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The architecture professor gave a fascinating lecture on the various key characteristics of ____ in twentieth-century building design.