English Explanatory Dictionary

modernism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
  2. Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
  3. Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
  4. A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-modernism.wav

Word forms

modernism modernisms

Etymology

From modern + -ism.

Derived words

anamodernism antimodernism comodernism ecomodernism high modernism hypermodernism metamodernism modernist neomodernism postmodernism protomodernism remodernism supermodernism ultramodernism
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary