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English noun: modernism

1. modernism (artifact) genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres


Broader (hypernym)genre

2. modernism (attribute) the quality of being current or of the present


SamplesA shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village.


Synonymscontemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernness


Broader (hypernym)currency, currentness, up-to-dateness


Attributemodern

3. modernism (act) practices typical of contemporary life or thought


Broader (hypernym)pattern, practice









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