modernism Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
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noun the quality of being current or of the present
contemporaneity; modernity; contemporaneousness; modernness.
- a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
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noun practices typical of contemporary life or thought
WordNet
Mod"ern*ism noun
Definitions
Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.
