modernist
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- noun
- /ˈmɒdərnɪst/
- Literature
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modernista
- Humoud is a devout modernist, an advocate of science, secularism, and individual freedom.
- modernists and postmodernists
- traditionalists vs. modernists
- generation of modernists
It's been restored with a golden Dome and doesn't look like anything that a modernist would have anything to do with.
- It's been restored with a golden Dome and doesn't look like anything that a modernist would have anything to do with.
- I grew up with the advantage of being a modernist, and the world was very attractive.
Examples
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The gallery features works by various modernists who challenged traditional artistic conventions.
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I suppose Hughes is the only modernist poet who begins as a busboy.
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I grew up with the advantage of being a modernist, and the world was very attractive.
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I mean, they were just both modernist but opposite ends of the spectrum.
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In his enthusiasm for crowds and public places... Robinson is a modernist.
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By the late 1940s, secular modernists had begun to speak out against the traditional religious establishment.
Academic text (1995) -
For their part, many modernists also found the compromise flag distasteful.
Academic text (2008) -
Many considered him to be an imagist,but he was really more of a modernist, eschewing the poetic traditions of Europe, in favor of celebrating everyday circumstances.
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James Joyce is often regarded as one of the most influential modernists of the 20th century.
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As a prominent modernist, Picasso sought to break from classical representations in his art.
Antonyms
How Radical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Modernist comes from modern, which goes back to the Latin word modo meaning 'just now', and the ending -ist means a person who follows or supports something. So a modernist is a person who follows the 'of now' ideas and often breaks with older styles in art, writing, or thought.