English Explanatory Dictionary

modernity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of being modern or contemporary.
Modern times.
Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

Pronunciation

/məˈdɜːnɪti/ /məˈdɝnɪti/ en-us-modernity.ogg /mɵˈɖɜ(r)nɪʈi/ /ˈmɔɖə(r)nɪʈi/

Word forms

modernity modernities

Etymology

From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.

Synonyms

modernness

Related words

modern

Derived words

antimodernity behavioural modernity high modernity hypermodernity late modernity nonmodernity petromodernity postmodernity premodernity ultramodernity

Translations

Afrikaans: moderniteit Arabic: حَدَاثَة Belarusian: суча́снасць Belarusian: суча́снасьць Belarusian: навача́снасць Belarusian: навача́снасьць Bulgarian: моде́рност Catalan: modernitat Chinese Mandarin: 現代性 /现代性 Czech: modernost Danish: modernitet Dutch: moderniteit Finnish: nykyaikaisuus Finnish: modernius French: modernité West-Frisian: moderniteit Galician: modernidade German: Modernität Greek: νεωτερικότητα Hindi: आधुनिकता Indonesian: modernitas Indonesian: kemodernan Irish: nua-aimsearthacht Irish: nua-aoiseacht Japanese: 近代性 Japanese: 現代性 Japanese: モダニティー Korean: 근대성 Korean: 현대성 Luxembourgish: Modernitéit Macedonian: совре́меност Macedonian: мо́дерност Malayalam: ആധുനികത Iranian Persian: مُدِرْنیتِه Polish: nowoczesność Portuguese: modernidade Russian: совреме́нность Spanish: modernidad Swedish: modernitet Ukrainian: суча́сність Welsh: moderneiddiwch Welsh: modernrwydd

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