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modernism
[ mod-er-niz-uhm ]
noun
- modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- a modern usage or characteristic.
- (initial capital letter) Theology.
- the movement in Roman Catholic thought that sought to interpret the teachings of the Church in the light of philosophic and scientific conceptions prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: condemned by Pope Pius X in 1907.
- the liberal theological tendency in Protestantism in the 20th century.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring especially in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles.
modernism
/ ˈ³¾É’»åəˌ²Ôɪ³úÉ™³¾ /
noun
- modern tendencies, characteristics, thoughts, etc, or the support of these
- something typical of contemporary life or thought
- a 20th-century divergence in the arts from previous traditions, esp in architecture See International Style
- capital RC Church the movement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries that sought to adapt doctrine to the supposed requirements of modern thought
Derived Forms
- ËŒ³¾´Ç»å±ð°ù²Ôˈ¾±²õ³Ù¾±³¦, adjective
- ˈ³¾´Ç»å±ð°ù²Ô¾±²õ³Ù, nounadjective
- ËŒ³¾´Ç»å±ð°ù²Ôˈ¾±²õ³Ù¾±³¦ally, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·³¾´Ç»åİù²Ô·¾±²õ³¾ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of modernism1
Example Sentences
Husain, who died in 2011, aged 95, was a pioneer of Indian modernism and remains a lasting inspiration for Indian artists.
We’ve now had a century of modern dance, led by the likes of Merce Cunningham, George Balanchine and many others whose modernism delved into the very essence of the body’s ability to express the ineffable.
Today, Vessel USA manufactures some of Architectural Pottery’s original designs as new generations of consumers discover the planters, pots and totems that still stand as visual signatures of midcentury modernism.
This is contemporary sound to dispel clichéd fears of abrasive modernism while never cheaply pandering to mass appeal.
Overshadowed by granite-and-glass high-rises with their empty floors and shuttered storefronts, it has survived redevelopment and earthquakes, modernism and the pandemic while holding fast to its 19th century principles.
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