modernism
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- noun
- /ˈmɒdərnɪzəm/
- Literature
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modernismo
- Writers like Virginia Woolf and James Joyce were pivotal figures in the evolution of modernism in literature.
- modernism and postmodernism
- modernism and modernity
- literary modernism
We're all, you know, we're going to leave modernism behind.
- We're all, you know, we're going to leave modernism behind.
- A few words about archaism versus modernism.
- The period to which we were demarcated as being the advent of modernism.
- Not postmodern in the architectural sense, but in the In the reconstruction of modernism.
- And, you know, that was anyway, that's How I Met him in modernism in the modernist class.
Examples
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Now this is the beginning of a contrary trend where modernism seeks to recapture the rural.
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As Olsson well knew, so-called primitive art had a profound impact on modernism across Europe.
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This is the perfect example of European modernism with...
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So to make it new in writing is very closely allied with the project of modernism, a formal project.
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I was too wrapped up in the emergence of modernism to notice.
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What I wish to underscore here is the difficulty of mapping modernism in architecture onto modernism in literature.
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As a key work of European modernism, this painting is sometimes seen as too rational, pessimistic, cynical or even lifeless.
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Jameson characterizes the difference as follows: modernism is incomplete modernization, while postmodernism is the result of complete modernization.
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Many artists during the early 20th century embraced modernism to challenge traditional artistic conventions.
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The architecture of the new museum reflects the principles of modernism, emphasizing simplicity and functionality.
Synonyms
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Works made since the late 1800s that break traditional styles and use new ideas and techniques
Antonyms
How Radical
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Modernism starts with modern, from Latin modo meaning 'just now' or 'recent', so it points to things that are new. The ending -ism names a movement or belief, so modernism is the art movement that broke with old forms to try new ways of painting, writing, and building.