Word Finder - modernity

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The quality of being modern or contemporary.

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He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.

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Modern times.

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The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.

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(history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

The golf-course at Kilchattan lends a touch of modernity to these remote islands.

You may say that secular modernity does not look particularly religious.

In modern times the discovery of the modernity of the Zohar has led to injustice to the author.

Local environment Nestled in attractive countryside, the town of Northampton is an intriguing blend of history and modernity.

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He was impatient, blunt, and frankly hostile to much of what we are pleased to call modernity.

Baudelaire wanted to change all this and bring modernity into poetry and painting.

The Palace represented a huge technological advance in building, a talismanic edifice which defined modernity in architecture for a century or more.

Neither of these has much in common with the atheism characteristic of western modernity, which draws much of its energy from moral protest.

But the opposition between heavy and liquid modernity does seem rather overstated.

Gray goes back to the origins of our notion of modernity in early nineteenth-century positivism.

Thinking Classics Essays on classical subjects; film reviews course on Greek scansion and metrics; commentary on intersections of antiquity and modernity.

She is particularly interested in the study of modernity, globalization and modern selfhood as these apply to contemporary Hindu belief and practice.

The logic of modernity is contested, asserts Beck (1992), replaced by a new modernity of ' reflexive modernisation '.

At this stage of modernity, we only seem to be able to work together successfully through the mediation of reified social relations.

The design combines tradition with modernity allowing the units to integrate perfectly into a variety of contemporary surroundings.

Marc Jacobs perfume for men - like the fashions and women's fragrances from this well-known house of design - offers a sense of subtle luxury and modernity.

On the one hand, it was a trenchant critique of modernity.

Scientists and physicians saw nudism not as a return to Eden (although this trope certainly occurred in nudist writing), but as a path forward to a shining new modernity in which science, rather than superstition, would lead the way.

Baudrillard argues that the period of modernity was structured by production and dominated by the bourgeoisie.

Compared with this, Grainger Town seems almost futuristic in its modernity.

This also requires a clearer understanding of development theory and to be positioned as a form of critical engagement with capitalist modernity.

It [signaled] instead the uneven and unlooked-for terrains of colonial modernity itself (p. 99 ).

Apparently, China is set to become ' the biggest showpiece for modernity in the world ' .

A black pearl earring is an interesting combination of modernity and elegance.

She was sexually alluring, but that was only part of the modernity - women had been sexy before, although not by modern standards.

The "Urban Oxide" collection offers cutting edge modernity with a bevy of bags made from bubble rubber.

Being that Liz Claiborne handbags are created with contemporary career-driven females in mind, an emphasis on simplicity, modernity, and refinement are key to the designs of these bags.

Designers often look to the past to stimulate "new" ideas and bring modernity to an unexpected look.

They exude a sense of modernity, yet there is a hint of classicism underneath it all that makes every piece quite timeless and extremely elegant.

Despite its modernity, it reflects a shift in even the most classic shoe styles, particularly wedding footwear.

Raymond Weil watches marry reliability and flair, tradition and modernity.

As a youth, he rejected his heritage and his father's teachings, preferring the modernity of Starfleet, but his father's death brought him home to the tribe.