modernity

In the tall, slight and blonde athlete, they had found a noble hero to fight against the tides of modernity in service of some older ideal.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

It’s a spiteful song about technology — against modernity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

An inside student might say that prisons in eastern Oregon used to be mental institutions and Army barracks; an outside student might speak about modernity and the need for discipline and control under capitalism.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

Fashion bible Vogue seemed to agree, saying "Moore has never before so mastered this glamorous aesthetic that goes from timeless sophistication to daring modernity".

From Barron's ● May 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

In it, he seemed to shove fiction abruptly in the direction of the 21st century, describing humans as they muddled through overwhelming modernities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

Do you find that they are incorporating a lot of modern techniques or modernities in general into the etiquette rules now?

From Slate ● May 2, 2017

The combination was surprisingly good, with the stark modernities of “Limen” set against the lush romanticism of “Marguerite” and the vaguely mystical rites of “Requiem.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2011

The music, completed in 1916, before Bartok had honed down his modernities, is as lush as Richard Strauss, as elegant as Debussy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In England she lapsed sufficiently from the rigid Salem standard to adopt a timid compromise; in Scotland we coaxed her into still further modernities, until now she is completely enfranchised.

From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin