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modernism

noun

Practices typical of contemporary life or thought

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Word length
9
Starts with
M
Ends with
M
Contains
OD
Scrabble score
14
CEFR level
C2

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noun

  1. Practices typical of contemporary life or thought

noun

  1. Genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

noun

  1. The quality of being current or of the present

    “A shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village”

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A shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village

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