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modernity

[mo-dur-ni-tee, moh-] / mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ- /


NOUN
newness
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NOUN
state-of-the-art
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The combination of economy of stroke and emotional depth gives the sheet a feeling of modernity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Yet they were also influential in pushing reggae into modernity, using digital instrumentation on Chaka Demus & Pliers’ 1993 smash “Murder She Wrote” and grafting their textures into the Fugees’ bestselling LP “The Score.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

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

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

It is Weber’s conception of modernity which particularly draws our attention to this aspect of the Scientific Revolution.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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