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mod·ern·ism  (mdr-nzm)
n.
1.
a. Modern thought, character, or practice.
b. Sympathy with or conformity to modern ideas, practices, or standards.
2. A peculiarity of usage or style, as of a word or phrase, that is characteristic of modern times.
3. often Modernism The deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the 20th century.
4. often Modernism A Roman Catholic movement, officially condemned in 1907, that attempted to examine traditional belief according to contemporary philosophy, criticism, and historiography.

modern·ist n.
modern·istic adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.modernist - an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous stylesmodernist - an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
Translations
modernist [ˈmɒdənɪst]
A. ADJmodernista
B. Nmodernista mf
modernist
nModernist(in) m(f)


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Mozart was undeniably breaking away from the past, as Haydn had and Beethoven later would--but they could not be called modernists without the label ceasing to mean anything at all.
In these two chapters, Crossroads Modernism offers creative and original readings of four major African American modernists, readings that avoid several of the limiting binaries that have affected critical reception of these writers.
Pascendi's Modernists see authority as a purely conservative force attempting to suppress change until being compelled to compromise.
 
 
 
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