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modernistic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English modern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English modernistic From modern + -istic.

Meanings

1. In modern style.
   • The buildings now being demolished are said to date back to the opening of the Trent Valley line in 1846. They will be replaced by modernistic structures, including a fully mechanised booking office, which will be concentrated mainly on the Low Level down platforms, [...]. 1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Tamworth to be rebuilt”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 644–645:
   • The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.

Forms

Deriveds

modernistically · comodernistic · ultramodernistic

Translations (4)

sv modernistisk (modernistic) · pl modernistyczny (modernistic) · nb modernistisk (modernistic) · nn modernistisk (modernistic)