modernity
Origin of modernity
1Other words from modernity
- hy·per·mo·dern·i·ty, noun, plural hy·per·mo·dern·i·ties.
- un·mo·der·ni·ty, noun, plural un·mo·der·ni·ties.
Words Nearby modernity
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How to use modernity in a sentence
The Wilderness Act—enacted to, essentially, protect our national forests and parks from modernity—turns 50 today.
He thinks they are larger problems of cultural modernity that go back at least 100 years.
The Ivy League Provides the Best Trade Schools Around | Nick Romeo | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe lesson of Victorian London is that modernity isn't built one luxury high-rise at a time.
He is a man of deep faith and brilliant intellect, with a healthy dose of modernity and realism.
What the Archbishop of Canterbury Should Have Said About Gay Rights | Gene Robinson | April 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat glosses with modernity the 19th century laissez fair case against economic and social justice.
And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have powers of their own which mere “modernity” cannot kill.
Dracula | Bram StokerThe city is strong in contrast from every aspect, modernity nudging and crowding antiquity.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounVan B. There's an ingenuous modernity about our friend's historical speculations that is highly refreshing.
The Travelling Companions | F. AnsteyBut why visit the sins of modernity upon an international language?
International Language | Walter J. ClarkThen comes an objection to modernity of form, and some reasons for that objection that suggest a very interesting speculation.
Oscar Wilde | Arthur Ransome
British Dictionary definitions for modernity
/ (mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ) /
the quality or state of being modern
something modern
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