premodern

Examples

• All

• Many of the scenes employ preestablished iconography, so the premodern viewer would perhaps recognize the scenes.

  Academic text (2015)

• One might therefore say that a proper military ethic is, in decisive respects, essentially premodern.

  Academic text (1999)

• He's the leader in the field of the study of premodern science.

• We have moved from the premodern economy of subsistence to our modern economy of abundance.

  Academic text (2008)

• In the cultural context of premodern Japan, limited access was the standard; precious works of exquisite production were rarely seen.

  Academic text (2015)

• The transcription of sacred text was a ubiquitous practice in the premodern period.

  Academic text (2015)

• For Manent, the liberal Aron was, in some important sense, a premodern orator.

  Academic text (1992)

• By examining several premodern texts, he determines two broad categories of lotus mandalas.

  Academic text (2015)

• Any attempt to restore a premodern form of legitimacy is regarded as hopelessly reactionary.

  Academic text (2000)

• The transcription of sacred text was a ubiquitous practice in the premodern period.

Synonyms

P

preindustrial

vspremodern

1 5.3

Relating to the time before people used machines or factories to make goods

is wider in scope applying to societies before modern ideas and technology generally

P

prescientific

vspremodern

1 8.6

Relating to ideas or methods used before modern science existed

is wider in scope applying beyond science to societies before modern technology or ideas

Antonyms

M

modern

∞ 1.4

Relating to the present time and new ways of doing things

C

contemporary

219 4.2

Belonging to the present time, often showing modern ideas

How Modern

modern

∞ 1.4

traditional

994 1.5

premodern

1 5.5

archaic

34 9.9

ancient

∞ 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology