Uk English Meaning of modernism

modernism

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Definitions and Meaning of modernism in English

Wordnet

modernism (n)

genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

the quality of being current or of the present

practices typical of contemporary life or thought

Webster

modernism (n.)

Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

Certain methods and tendencies which, in Biblical questions, apologetics, and the theory of dogma, in the endeavor to reconcile the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church with the conclusions of modern science, replace the authority of the church by purely subjective criteria; -- so called officially by Pope Pius X.

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modernism

genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres, the quality of being current or of the present, practices typical of contemp

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modernised => modernised, modernise => modernise, modernisation => modernisation, moderne => Modern, modern-day => modern,