MODERNISM as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • practices typical of contemporary life or thought
    Hypernyms(s) modernism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
    Hypernyms(s) modernism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • the quality of being current or of the present
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
    Hypernyms(s) modernism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Attribute(s)