modernistic
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modernism (ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | modern tendencies, characteristics, thoughts, etc, or the support of these |
| 2. | something typical of contemporary life or thought |
| 3. | See International Style a 20th-century divergence in the arts from previous traditions, esp in architecture |
| 4. | (capital) RC Church the movement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries that sought to adapt doctrine to the supposed requirements of modern thought |
| 'modernist | |
| —n, —adj | |
| modern'istic | |
| —adj | |
| modern'istically | |
| —adv | |
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Modernistic
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
We have been led to believe that this was a committee designed to search for some modernistic panacea of government.
The three-story aluminum building, complete with skylights, received national recognition for its modernistic design.
End table lamps are modernistic, with blue bases and white shades.
There are indeed paintings that would be called modernistic, futuristic and even unintelligible, but they do not predominate.
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