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Meaning of Modernism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
  2. Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
  3. Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
  4. A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.

Equivalents

Català modernisme
Ελληνικά νεωτερισμός
Español modernismo
Suomi modernismi
Français modernisme
Bahasa Indonesia modernisme
Italiano modernismo
日本語 モダニズム
മലയാളം ആധുനികത
Nederlands modernisme
Polski modernizm
Português modernismo
Русский модернизм
Українська модернізм

Examples

“Penrod is so referential as to be almost a work of postmodernism—assuming Tarkington could have imagined such a thing with modernism itself just beginning to steamroll over him.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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