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modernism

mod·ern·ism [ móddər nìzzəm ] (plural mod·ern·isms)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. latest things: the latest styles, tastes, attitudes, or practices

2. arts early 20C styles in art: the revolutionary ideas and styles in art, architecture, and literature that developed in the early 20th century as a reaction to traditional forms

3. christianity movement within Roman Catholicism: a movement in European Roman Catholicism in which scholars and theologians attempt to accommodate the contemporary world view within Roman Catholic theology and doctrine


mod·ern·ist [ móddərnist ] noun, adjective
mod·ern·is·tic [ mòddər nístik ] adjective
mod·ern·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
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