Synonyms for modernity
mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ-moder·ni·ty

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1. modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousnessnoun

   the quality of being current or of the present

   "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"

   Synonyms:
   modernism, contemporaneousness, contemporaneity, modernness

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1. contemporariness

   Submitted by rinat on September 16, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "modernity":

   modernism, modern, modernization

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1. Charles Baudelaire:

   Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

2. Puig Saura:

   Life, from birth to death, happens on the streets, and there is also this fabulous mix of tradition and modernity, European influence and Asian character.

3. Bryan Gibson:

   We're talking about a group of people who live in a relatively remote part of the world who have contact with modernity but pretty limited.

4. Paul de Man:

   The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear -- and even, in certain respects, would be -- the most modern of critical movements.

5. Anders Christian Madsen:

   Based solely on American menswear history, I would say it's defined by a mix of modernity and functionality. And, of course, business savvy.