modern man
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- noun
- /ˈmɒdərn mæn/
- Many challenges faced by modern man include climate change and social inequality.
- modern man and woman
- condition of modern man
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Examples
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The gracefully crafted lectures provide nothing less than a comprehensive analysis of the political condition of modern man.
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Severin Hansen is a modern man.
Fiction book (1995) -
I am a modern man.
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Such is the essential experience of modern man.
Academic text (1995) -
" This," he said, "is the final step in making modern man satisfied with himself."
Academic text (1997) -
Modern man, possibly, has too much to hide to sustain a friendship in the ancient sense.
Academic text (1994) -
Today we are experiencing something that looks very much like the death of modern man, indeed that looks very much like the death of Western man.
Academic text (1993) -
Kolnai writes admiringly about the insights of Tocqueville into the political and spiritual condition of modern man.
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According to the protagonist, an overdeveloped, overrefined consciousness is the characteristic affliction of modern man.
Academic text (1995) -
Modern man has made significant advancements in technology and science.
Synonyms
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1.0
Any human being, male or female
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All people on Earth viewed as a single group
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All people considered together as a group
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2.3
All people as one group
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3.2
The scientific name for the modern human group, different from extinct species like Neanderthals
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6.5
A group of humans that includes all living people
A Latin phrase that scientists use to mean humans
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'modern' (contemporary) and 'man' (a human or humanity) can readily infer 'modern man' as humans of the present/modern era; the meaning is directly compositional and follows a common adjective + noun pattern. Although context resolves whether 'man' means 'humanity' or 'male', the basic sense is transparent and cross-linguistically accessible.
Etymology
Modern man may come from scientists who studied old bones and wanted a quick name for people like us. They used modern to mean 'new' and man to mean 'human', so modern man now refers to the human species alive today.