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modernity

[mo-dur-ni-tee, moh-] / mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ- /
NOUN
innovativeness
Synonyms
STRONG
change crazy creation freshness innovation mutation newness oddball oddity original originality origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity uniqueness vicissitude weird
WEAK
dernier cri last word newfangled contraption newfangledness
Antonyms
STRONG
habit normality stagnation usualness
NOUN
newfangledness
Synonyms
WEAK
change crazy creation dernier cri freshness innovation innovativeness last word mutation newfangled contraption newness oddball oddity original originality origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity uniqueness vicissitude weird
NOUN
newness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
novelty uniqueness
STRONG
innovation recentness
NOUN
novelty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freshness innovation oddity uniqueness
STRONG
change crazy creation mutation oddball original origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity vicissitude weird
WEAK
dernier cri last word newfangled contraption
Antonyms
STRONGEST
habit
STRONG
stagnation
NOUN
originality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boldness brilliance cleverness daring freshness imagination individuality ingenuity innovation inventiveness resourcefulness spirit
STRONG
creativity imaginativeness ingeniousness innovativeness invention newness nonconformity novelty unconventionality unorthodoxy
WEAK
creative spirit new idea
Antonyms
STRONGEST
being reality
WEAK
orthodoxy
NOUN
state-of-the-art
Synonyms
WEAK
highest development modernization updating

Example Sentences

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Ivorians need to put African heritage first and stop trying to "catch up with Western modernity", he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

They were proof of a society comfortable with exchange, expression and modernity.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

She is at once guardian angel and angel of death, watching over hallowed ground while carrying a tool of invasive modernity with her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

"But at his core, he was a genius who was endlessly fascinated by storytelling, whether it was through mythology, modernity or memory," Mr Ahmad adds.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

But he couldn’t resist a little modernity here and there; he sped around his lake in gleaming speedboats.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.