modernity
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modernity
- /məˈdɜːnɪti/ UK
- /məˈdɝnɪti/ US
Where it comes from
From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.
noun modernities
- The quality of being modern or contemporary. He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.
- Modern times. The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.
- Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.
Similar: modernness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernization, modernisation, moderne, hyundai, hadassah, contemporariness, currentness, presentness, avant-gardism, currency, trendiness, up-to-dateness, newness
noun
Similar: modernness
Translations
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noun quality of being modern
| Español | modernidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 근대성 geundaeseong, 현대성 hyeondaeseong |
| 日本語 | 近代性 kindaisei, 現代性 gendaisei, モダニティー modanitī |
| 中文 | 現代性 /现代性 xiàndàixìng |
| हिन्दी | आधुनिकता ādhuniktā |
| Português | modernidade |
| Français | modernité |
| Deutsch | Modernität |
| Ελληνικά | νεωτερικότητα neoterikótita |
| Русский | совреме́нность sovreménnostʹ |
| العربية | حَدَاثَة ḥadāṯa |
noun modern times
| हिन्दी | आधुनिक ādhunik |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | νεωτερικότητα neoterikótita |
| Русский | совреме́нность sovreménnostʹ |
Talk about this word "modernity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/modernity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. modernity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/modernity "modernity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/modernity.Cite this
@misc{modernity_2026,
title = {modernity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/modernity},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
