modernity

Modernity is the state of being current, or up with the times.

(noun)

An example of something representing modernity is a smart phone.

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See modernity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the state or quality of being modern
  2. pl. modernities something modern

See modernity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. mo·der·ni·ties
The state or quality of being modern: “Warriors of the . . . tribe, imposing symbols of a nomadic culture . . . are caught between tradition and modernity” (Sheila Rule).

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