mo·der·ni·ty
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Audio Help [mo-dur-ni-tee, moh-] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | the quality of being modern. |
| 2. | something modern. |
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n. pl. mo·der·ni·ties The state or quality of being modern: "Warriors of the . . . tribe, imposing symbols of a nomadic culture . . . are caught between tradition and modernity" (Sheila Rule). |
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| modernity | |
noun | |
| the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village" |
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Modernity
Mo*der"ni*ty\, n. Modernness; something modern. --Walpole.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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