modernist
noun
a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc.
modernists
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pluralof modernist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Keynes set out to turn economics theory on its head, Smith to explore the classical ideas that the modernists were tossing aside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
In other words, bringing in East Coast modernists like Kelly and Johnson risked a public outcry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Although his own buildings sometimes faced a backlash from critics who thought post-modernism belonged firmly in the 1980s, he maintained that the modernists had been wrong to throw away the history books.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
Back then, the trial was considered an argument between fundamentalists and modernists — but there was debate.
From Salon ● May 30, 2023
The modernists hail this tendency as the dawn of a new era of freedom, while the conservatives see poetry falling into decadence and ruin.
From Acanthus and Wild Grape by Frank Oliver Call
