modernity

[ mo-dur-ni-tee, moh- ]
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noun,plural mo·der·ni·ties.
  1. the quality of being modern.

  2. something modern.

Origin of modernity

1
First recorded in 1620–30; modern + -ity

Other 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

  • And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have powers of their own which mere “modernity” cannot kill.

    Dracula | Bram Stoker
  • The city is strong in contrast from every aspect, modernity nudging and crowding antiquity.

  • Van B. There's an ingenuous modernity about our friend's historical speculations that is highly refreshing.

  • But why visit the sins of modernity upon an international language?

    International Language | Walter J. Clark
  • Then 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

modernity

/ (mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. the quality or state of being modern

  2. something modern

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