modernity
Origin of modernity
1Other words from modernity
- hy·per·mo·dern·i·ty, noun, plural hy·per·mo·dern·i·ties.
- un·mo·der·ni·ty, noun, plural un·mo·der·ni·ties.
Words Nearby modernity
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How to use modernity in a sentence
These films are also portraits of psyches fracturing in response to modernity — a natural evolution of the questions that ’50s horror asked of suburbia, and one that would only deepen in the coming years.
The Blair Witch Project dealt with the notion that for all our modernity, individuals and groups could still be inexplicably lost and never found again — something the modern world was supposed to protect us from.
In a turn away from modernity itself, many of the most popular films blended a mix of old-world and historical elements.
For Thomas — who died in 1978 but lived long enough to go from what she called “horse and buggy times” to the 1969 moon landing — the rush of modernity demanded expression.
Washington celebrates Alma Thomas, the late D.C. painter who sought beauty in the everyday | Kelsey Ables | September 21, 2021 | Washington PostBut, in a century in which the British monarchy faced a modernity that did not always accord easily with its traditions, he helped his Queen and wife become the monarch who defined a new era for her nation.
The Wilderness Act—enacted to, essentially, protect our national forests and parks from modernity—turns 50 today.
He thinks they are larger problems of cultural modernity that go back at least 100 years.
The Ivy League Provides the Best Trade Schools Around | Nick Romeo | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe lesson of Victorian London is that modernity isn't built one luxury high-rise at a time.
He is a man of deep faith and brilliant intellect, with a healthy dose of modernity and realism.
What the Archbishop of Canterbury Should Have Said About Gay Rights | Gene Robinson | April 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat glosses with modernity the 19th century laissez fair case against economic and social justice.
And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have powers of their own which mere “modernity” cannot kill.
Dracula | Bram StokerThe city is strong in contrast from every aspect, modernity nudging and crowding antiquity.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounVan B. There's an ingenuous modernity about our friend's historical speculations that is highly refreshing.
The Travelling Companions | F. AnsteyBut why visit the sins of modernity upon an international language?
International Language | Walter J. ClarkThen comes an objection to modernity of form, and some reasons for that objection that suggest a very interesting speculation.
Oscar Wilde | Arthur Ransome
British Dictionary definitions for modernity
/ (mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ) /
the quality or state of being modern
something modern
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