modernity

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/məˈdɜːnɪti/

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/məˈdɜːnɪti/ · /məˈdɝnɪti/ · /mɵˈɖɜ(r)nɪʈi/ · /ˈmɔɖə(r)nɪʈi/

Definition of modernity

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The quality of being modern or contemporary.

“He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.”
“While the rolling-stock lacks modernity, the line equipment, with its single catenary suspension, has a surprisingly up-to-date appearance.”
“There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared. Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The quality of being modern or contemporary.

“He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.”
“While the rolling-stock lacks modernity, the line equipment, with its single catenary suspension, has a surprisingly up-to-date appearance.”
“There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared. Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson.”
(countable, uncountable)Modern times.

“The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.”
(countable, uncountable)Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

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From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.

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