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mod⋅ern⋅ism

  [mod-er-niz-uhm]
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–noun
1. modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
2. a modern usage or characteristic.
3. (initial capital letter) Theology.
a. the movement in Roman Catholic thought that sought to interpret the teachings of the Church in the light of philosophic and scientific conceptions prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: condemned by Pope Pius X in 1907.
b. the liberal theological tendency in Protestantism in the 20th century.
4. (sometimes initial capital letter) a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring esp. in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles.
Origin:
1730–40; modern + -ism
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mod·ern·ism   (mŏd'ər-nĭz'əm)   
n.  

    1. Modern thought, character, or practice.

    2. 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 20th century.

  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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Word Origin & History

modernism 
as a movement in the arts, 1929, from modern (q.v.). The word dates to 1737 in the sense of "deviation from the ancient and classical manner" [Johnson, who calls it "a word invented by Swift"]. It has been used in theology since 1901.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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