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/mˈɒdənˌɪzəm/
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[ US /ˈmɑdɝˌnɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˈmɑdɝˌnɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- practices typical of contemporary life or thought
- genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
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the quality of being current or of the present
a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
How To Use modernism In A Sentence
- If the latter endeavor has, since postmodernism, seemed a kind of hubristic folly, "The Artforum.com
- American modernism, full of exiles and immigrants, caught his attention early.
- Modernism and postmodernism have made us more aware of the complexities of the art form.
- A frequent accusation levelled against the nouveau roman and, indeed, both modernism and postmodernism is their apolitical nature.
- Certainly this suffices to show superabundantly by how many roads Modernism leads to the annihilation of all religion. An anniversary note
- However, postmodernism has figured more prominently in internal critiques of feminist theories.
- Pan-Africanism, related to Negritude, is an intellectual movement borne in the era of Western modernism.
- Postmodernism and social constructionism remind us to be suspect of any constructs that seek to establish themselves as decontextualized truths.
- DreamWorks, in particular, has made the kind of allusive, parodic cultural self-consciousness that used to be called postmodernism safe for the whole family. NYT > Home Page
- Especially in the age of postmodernism or the New Age, many people are eager to enjoy their present moments and realize their own individual dreams.
