modernism

modernism Definition

mod·ern·ism (mäd′ərn iz′əm)

noun

1. modern practices, trends, ideas, etc., or sympathy with any of these
2. an instance of this; a modern idiom, practice, or usage
any of several movements variously attempting to redefine Biblical and Christian dogma and traditional teachings in the light of modern science, historical research, etc.: condemned in the Roman Catholic Church in 1907 as a heresy
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

modernism Related Forms

mod′·ern·ist noun, adjective

modernism Synonyms

modernism Usage Examples

Converse of object

reject: You see, people are now rejecting the modernism that goes back to the 18th century - hence the term " Post modernism " .
see: Come and see Modernism and get a glass of wine or a beer for only £5 on selected Wednesday evenings.
embrace: I use simplistic forms creating a mechanical elegance that embraces modernism.
call: Professor Peter Nicholls at Sussex, who has written a book called Modernisms.

Preposition: in

art: This appears to have brought to an end a controversy that has in many ways constituted modernism in the visual arts.
century: Finally, we will look at some later examples of the short story, exploring the legacy of modernism in the late twentieth century.
music: In Hair, G. ( Eds ) Modernism in Australian music, 1950 â 2000: eight case studies, pages pp.

Adjective modifier

reductive: Return to text We will be discussing Jones's notion of " reductive modernism " below.
Viennese: It is, in short, a radically different kind of Viennese modernism.
reactionary: Instead, they want to update reactionary modernism for the age of the Net.
post-war: Home of post-war British Modernism, St Ives provides the artistic foundations for Tate St Ives.
literary: This is a novel which stands outside literary norms - a superb achievement of literary modernism.
architectural: On what grounds did Prince Charles object to architectural modernism?

Modifies a noun

Noun used with modifier

Buddhist: Response to Buddhism Panels on: Transnational Exchange and Buddhist Modernism in Asia.
post: He was tipped to become one of the leading lights of post modernism.
century: Dr. Carter has published extensively in the field of twentieth century Modernism and the politics of representation.
post-: At worst, it is an apology for the defunct neo-liberalism and tired post- modernism of the last decade.
enlightenment: In its way such analyzes fall into a trap Foucault identified with post enlightenment modernism.

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