modernistic

mod·ern·ism

(mŏd′ər-nĭz′əm)

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 1900s.

4. often Modernism A Roman Catholic movement, officially condemned in 1907, that attempted to examine traditional belief according to contemporary philosophy, criticism, and historiography.

mod′ern·ist n.

mod′ern·is′tic adj.

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Adj.

modernistic - relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

mod, modern

fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"

Translations

modernistico

modernistic

[ˌmɒdəˈnɪstɪk] ADJ → modernista

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modernistic

adj → modernistisch

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