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modern times

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Noun1.modern times - the circumstances and ideas of the present age; "in modern times like these"
contemporary world, modern world, present times
times - a more or less definite period of time now or previously present; "it was a sign of the times"
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Again, "the good and just," throughout the book, is the expression used in referring to the self-righteous of modern times,-- those who are quite sure that they know all that is to be known concerning good and evil, and are satisfied that the values their little world of tradition has handed down to them, are destined to rule mankind as long as it lasts.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
This paradox, though different in form, is not really different from the remark which is often made in modern times by those who would depreciate either the methods of education commonly employed, or the standard attained--that 'there is no true education among us.
Meno by Plato View in context
La knew that she was beautiful--and she was beautiful, not by the standards of prehistoric Atlantis alone, but by those of modern times was La physically a creature of perfection.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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