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modernness

modernness

1 4.4
A quality of being new and up-to-date in style and ideas
  • noun
  • /ˈmɒdərn.nəs/
translation icon : modernidad
  • The modernness of the new building design reflects the latest architectural trends.

Well, kind of old though not though in modernness like Stockholm.

Examples

  • Well, kind of old though not though in modernness like Stockholm.

  • The "modernness" of all this diversity needs to be proven rather than axiomatically asserted.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In America, as in Germany, the established Jewish community attempted to accentuate its patriotism and minimize its foreignness by emphasizing the acculturation and modernness evident in its Reform Jewish temples.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Her sense of modernness is evident in the way she decorates her home.

  • We appreciated the modernness of the artwork displayed at the exhibition.

Synonyms

modernity
vsmodernness
18 5.8

A condition of life now that shows new ideas, styles, or technology

is the same meaning but uses a different noun form
up-to-dateness
vsmodernness
6.7

How current and relevant something is now

focuses on general quality of belonging to the present time rather than relevance
currentness
vsmodernness
6.5

Being up to date with present events and information

stresses being up-to-date and relevant rather than mere temporal belonging
ultramodernity
vsmodernness
8.8

A state of being very new and advanced in style, ideas, or technology

is about being up-to-date in general, not necessarily extremely advanced

Antonyms

Being not modern and like things from the past

How Modern

newness
12 1.9
modernness
1 4.4

Surface Forms

modernness singular
modernnesses plural

Morphology

modernness = modern (transparent) = modern + ness

Formed by the productive suffix '-ness' on the adjective 'modern' to name the quality of being modern, a straightforward nominalization.

Etymology

The word modernness comes from modern, which goes back to the Latin word modo, meaning 'just now' or 'of the present'. So modernness is the quality of being new and up-to-date.