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modernity

[ mo-dur-ni-tee, moh- ]

/ mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ- /

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noun, plural mo·der·ni·ties.

the quality of being modern.

something modern.

Origin of modernity

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

modern synthesis, moderne, modernism, modernist, modernistic, modernity, modernize, modersohn-becker, modest, modesto, modesty

Example sentences from the Web for modernity

The Wilderness Act—enacted to, essentially, protect our national forests and parks from modernity—turns 50 today.

Keep Our Wilderness Off Of Wi-Fi |Michael Schulson |September 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The lesson of Victorian London is that modernity isn't built one luxury high-rise at a time.

Great Cities are Born Filthy |Will Doig |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
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 |DAILY BEAST
That glosses with modernity the 19th century laissez fair case against economic and social justice.

100 Years of Right (And Left) Moves |Robert Shrum |March 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In 2016, modernity and Hillary may come with a high price for the Republicans.

Republicans Better Mind the Modernity Gap To Catch Up to Clinton |Lloyd Green |March 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It stands curiously aside from the wave of modernity that has washed up to it from the wealthy delocalized coast.

A Spring Walk in Provence |Archibald Marshall
They were originally built during the regime of Lopez I., who was the patron of modernity.

Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile |Henry Stephens
And yet it was clear to him now that his Modernity had first felt conservative reactions on that very day.

Angela's Business |Henry Sydnor Harrison
And all modernity became as nothing then, and Charles was a simple man, horrified by the sight of woman's grief.

Angela's Business |Henry Sydnor Harrison
"Well, there's something to be said for being awake and something to be said for modernity," observed Norman.

The King of Alsander |James Elroy Flecker

British Dictionary definitions for modernity

modernity

/ (mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the quality or state of being modern

something modern