modernism
modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
a modern usage or characteristic.
(initial capital letter)Theology.
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.
the liberal theological tendency in Protestantism in the 20th century.
(sometimes initial capital letter) a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring especially in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles.
Origin of modernism
1Other words from modernism
- an·ti·mod·ern·ism, noun
Words Nearby modernism
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How to use modernism in a sentence
Alfred Stieglitz began exhibiting photographs in New York in the early 1900s as part of his project of introducing modernism to America.
Secular modernism has tried to get the fruits of the Jesus-message without the roots.
It’s that I think it might produce a new kind of literature, like the way modernism transformed the novel.
Kazuo Ishiguro on How His New Novel Klara and the Sun Is a Celebration of Humanity | Dan Stewart | March 2, 2021 | TimeHaving been taught modernism, a school of thought that scoffs at the decorative, materials became his primary means of expression.
European Jews gravitated toward modernism as a way to get away from history.
What every fan of modernism may not know is that all of these designers were Jewish.
In the early years—the 1920s and 1930s—modernism was seen as “out there.”
In America, modernism was stripped of its socialist leanings.
Immanence—Agnosticism is the negative side of modernism; immanence constitutes its positive constituent.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamThat its measures were effective is evident from the history of modernism in the last three years.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamThey are the quaint quintessence of conservatism, and will occupy youthful minds menaced by modernism.
Bizarre | Lawton MackallToo angry to deny the convenient charge of "modernism," he sought the street.
The Higher Court | Mary Stewart DaggettHe bowed his head, revolving in his mind the definite charge of "modernism."
The Higher Court | Mary Stewart Daggett
British Dictionary definitions for modernism
/ (ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm) /
modern tendencies, characteristics, thoughts, etc, or the support of these
something typical of contemporary life or thought
a 20th-century divergence in the arts from previous traditions, esp in architecture: See International Style
(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
Derived forms of modernism
- modernist, noun, adjective
- modernistic, adjective
- modernistically, adverb
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