protomodern

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ modern.

Adjective

protomodern (comparative more protomodern, superlative most protomodern)

1. Of an earlier style approaching what is now modern.
   • 2008 June 6, Roberta Smith, “Aristocracy of Talent for an Egalitarian Art”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Fenton, for example, veers from Victorian to protomodern.

Related terms

• protomodernism
• protomodernity