mo·der·ni·ty (m -dûr n -t , m -)n. pl. mo·der·ni·ties The state or quality of being modern: "Warriors of the . . . tribe, imposing symbols of a nomadic culture . . . are caught between tradition and modernity" (Sheila Rule). |
modernity [mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the quality or state of being modern
2. something modern
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| Noun | 1. | modernity - the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village" currentness, up-to-dateness, currency - the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term" |
modernity
noun novelty, currency, innovation, freshness, newness, contemporaneity, recentness an office block that astonished the city with its modernity
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