modernity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /məˈdɜːnɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
- /məˈdɝnɪti/ (General-American)
Etymology
From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being modern or contemporary.
There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared. Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson.
2012 March-April, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:While the rolling-stock lacks modernity, the line equipment, with its single catenary suspension, has a surprisingly up-to-date appearance.
1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Lancaster-Heysham Electrification, L.M.S.”, in Railway Magazine, page 372:He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.
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(countable, uncountable) Modern times.
The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.
- (countable, uncountable) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| modernities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
premodernity · late modernity · hypermodernity · liquid modernity · behavioural modernity · postmodernity · high modernity · nonmodernity · ultramodernity · petromodernity · antimodernity
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Translations (59)
el νεωτερικότητα (modern times) · mk мо́дерност (quality of being modern) · pt modernidade (quality of being modern) · hi आधुनिकता (quality of being modern) · gl modernidade (quality of being modern) · ja 近代性 (quality of being modern) · fa-ira مُدِرْنیتِه (quality of being modern) · cy modernrwydd (quality of being modern) · fy moderniteit (quality of being modern) · be суча́снасьць (modern times) · pl nowożytność (modern times) · bg съвреме́нност (modern times) · be суча́снасць (modern times) · da modernitet (quality of being modern) · ca modernitat (quality of being modern) · ko 현대성 (quality of being modern) · ar حَدَاثَة (quality of being modern) · cmn 現代性 /现代性 (quality of being modern) · sv modernitet (modern times) · be суча́снасьць (quality of being modern) · fr modernité (quality of being modern) · ru совреме́нность (quality of being modern) · sv modernitet (quality of being modern) · mk совре́мие (modern times) · ga nua-aoiseacht (quality of being modern) · mk совре́меност (quality of being modern) · ga nua-aimsearthacht (quality of being modern) · fi nykyaika (modern times) · id modernitas (quality of being modern) · be суча́снасць (quality of being modern) · pl nowoczesność (quality of being modern) · id kemodernan (quality of being modern) · ja モダニティー (quality of being modern) · pl nowoczesność (quality of the modern historical period) · lb Modernitéit (quality of being modern) · fi modernius (quality of being modern) · bg моде́рност (quality of being modern) · sv modernitet (quality of the modern historical period) · ru совреме́нность (modern times) · el νεωτερικότητα (quality of being modern) · ko 근대성 (quality of being modern) · de Modernität (quality of being modern) · be навача́снасьць (quality of being modern) · ga nua-aois (modern times) · fi modernius (quality of the modern historical period) · uk суча́сність (quality of being modern) · ja 現代性 (quality of being modern) · hi आधुनिक (modern times) · ml ആധുനികത (quality of being modern) · fi nykyaikaisuus (quality of being modern) · af moderniteit (quality of being modern) · es modernidad (quality of being modern) · uk суча́сність (modern times) · be навача́снасць (quality of being modern) · cs modernost (quality of being modern) · la modernitās (quality of being modern) · nl moderniteit (quality of being modern) · cy moderneiddiwch (quality of being modern) · is nútími (modern times)