modernistic

[ mod-er-nis-tik ]

adjective

1. modern.
2. of or relating to modernism or modernists.

Other Words From

• modern·isti·cal·ly adverb
• anti·modern·istic adjective
• nonmod·ern·istic adjective
• promod·ern·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of modernistic¹

First recorded in 1905–10; modern + -istic

Example Sentences

This modernistic degenerate cult is simply the Bolshevist philosophy applied in art.

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He was among the first to sound the alarm about Loisy's heterodoxy and he wrote several books against the Modernistic errors.

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It is a church where one may worship and hear sermons of decidedly modernistic tone.

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The sleek modernistic machinery which directed the airship was plain enough.

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The waiting room was furnished with modernistic wicker pieces.

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