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modernity

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mo·der·ni·ty  (m-dûrn-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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.modernity - the quality of being current or of the presentmodernity - the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernness, modernism
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
Translations
modernity [mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ] N → modernidad f
modernity [mɒˈdɜːrnɪti] n → modernité f
modernity
n → Modernität f
modernity [mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ] n → modernità f inv
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The last note of modernity was supplied by the telephone wire attached to the roof of the lifeboat shelter.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Here and there it sprouts out into modernity, but at heart it is still unspoiled; it is full of curious relics, and haloed by the romance of many legends of the past.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Easiest of all things is it for him to forget his modernity and slip back across time to the howling ages.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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