unmodernity
- noun
- /ʌnˈmɒdərnɪti/
:
no modernidad
- Despite its charm, the town's unmodernity makes it difficult for new businesses to thrive.
Examples
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Critics argue that the unmodernity of the school's curriculum fails to prepare students for today's job market.
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The author's book highlights the unmodernity of the traditional customs that some communities still follow.
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Collier notes that while the cultural encyclopedia was held in high regard, the practices it described were not seen as desirable as practice because they indexed a stigmatized Andalusian unmodernity.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
9
7.7
Becoming old and no longer useful because of new technology or changes in society
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9.9
An old-fashioned word, phrase, or style no longer used in everyday speech
A state of being no longer modern or in style
A state when something is no longer used or useful
A state of being old-fashioned and no longer used
Being not modern and like things from the past
An old-fashioned style that makes something seem from the past
Antonyms
How Modern
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unmodernity is built from un- 'not', modern 'new or up-to-date', and -ity 'state', just like un- in unhappy. So unmodernity means the 'state of not being modern', an old or out-of-date quality or thing.