modernity

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

noun

, plural mo·der·ni·ties.

1. the quality of being modern.
2. something modern.

Other Words From

• hyper·mo·derni·ty noun plural hypermodernities
• unmo·derni·ty noun plural unmodernities

Word History and Origins

Origin of modernity¹

First recorded in 1620–30; modern + -ity

Example Sentences

In Dodoma, the station is another grand building, resembling the rocky hills around the city – an effort to blend the country’s natural heritage with modernity.

From BBC

The 61-year-old, who traces his family in New Mexico back to the 1600s, started his business to honor his home state’s food ways as well as to connect Hispanos and Native Americans with their roots and better deal with modernity.

From Los Angeles Times

In a nod to modernity, the buckets possessed a QR code on the outside - for digital donations - as well as coppers and some notes on the inside.

From BBC

While Vance has portrayed himself as a working man’s candidate, his selective criticism of corporate power is at best a secondary act in a more encompassing tirade against 21st-century modernity, whose primary sin has been to dismantle nuclear families supported by a child-rearing woman and make men miserable in the process.

From Salon

Making fun of modernity while portraying absurdity is a balance he is well acquainted with.

From Los Angeles Times

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