modernism

English

Etymology

modern +‎ -ism

Noun

modernism (countable and uncountable, plural modernisms)

1. (uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
2. (countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
3. Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
   • 2004 May, Thomas Mallon, “Hoosiers”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Penrod is so referential as to be almost a work of postmodernism—assuming Tarkington could have imagined such a thing with modernism itself just beginning to steamroll over him.

4. A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.

Derived terms

• high modernism
• modernist
• postmodernism

Translations

any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century

• Asturian: modernismu m
• Belarusian: мадэрні́зм m (madernízm)
• Catalan: modernisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現代主義／现代主义 (zh) (xiàndàizhǔyì)

• Finnish: modernismi (fi)
• French: modernisme (fr) m
• Galician: modernismo m
• German: Modernismus (de) m
• Greek: νεωτερισμός (el) m (neoterismós)
• Hindi: आधुनिकतावाद m (ādhuniktāvād)
• Italian: modernismo (it) m
• Japanese: モダニズム (ja) (modanizumu)
• Malayalam: ആധുനികത (ādhunikata)
• Maori: angahoutanga
• Norman: modèrnisme m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: modernisme m

  Nynorsk: modernisme m

• Polish: modernizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: modernismo (pt) m
• Russian: модерни́зм (ru) m (modɛrnízm)
• Spanish: modernismo (es) m
• Ukrainian: модерні́зм m (modernízm)
• Yiddish: מאָדערניזם m (modernizm)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French modernisme.

Noun

modernism n (plural modernisme)

1. modernism

Declension

Declension of modernism

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) modernism	modernismul	(niște) modernisme	modernismele
genitive/dative	(unui) modernism	modernismului	(unor) modernisme	modernismelor
vocative	modernismule		modernismelor

Swedish

Etymology

modern +‎ -ism

Noun

modernism c

1. modernism

Declension

Declension of modernism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	modernism	modernismen	—	—
Genitive	modernisms	modernismens	—	—

Related terms

• modernist
• modernistisk