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Noun Concept
Categories: Postmodern theory, Historiography, Sociological terminology, Articles with short description, Modernity
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modernity  modernness  modernism  contemporaneity  contemporaneousness
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The quality of being current or of the present WordNet 3.0
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The quality of being current or of the present WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissance—in the Age of Reason of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century Enlightenment. Wikipedia
A loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies Wikipedia Disambiguation
Both a historical period and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices Wikidata
The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous. Wiktionary
The quality of being modern or contemporary. Wiktionary
Quality of being modern. Wiktionary (translation)
The property of being modern. Wiktionary
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A shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
He was impressed by the architecture's modernity. Wiktionary