Modernism Definition

mŏdər-nĭzəm
noun
An instance of this; a modern idiom, practice, or usage.
Webster's New World
Modern practices, trends, ideas, etc., or sympathy with any of these.
Webster's New World
A peculiarity of usage or style, as of a word or phrase, that is characteristic of modern times.
American Heritage
The early 20th-cent. movement or trend in which certain artists and writers, esp. those (as Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and Picasso) of the period between WWI and WWII, broke with established traditions and sought new modes of expression.
Webster's New World
The deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the 1900s.
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Noun

Singular:
modernism
Plural:
modernisms

Modernism Sentence Examples

  • Such " modernism " was an aspect or fruit of what historians call the European enlightenment.

  • I use simplistic forms creating a mechanical elegance that embraces modernism.

  • You see, people are now rejecting the modernism that goes back to the 18th century - hence the term " Post modernism " .

  • The art deco look is a mix of elegance and modernism.

  • It is, in short, a radically different kind of Viennese modernism.

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