modernism C2 Topic:Culture & History US /ˈmɑːdɝˌnɪzəm/ See IPA manual Freq #55378 Meanings 1 noun A movement in art, architecture, and literature in the early 20th century that broke deliberately with older styles. The museum's collection traces the rise of modernism in painting. 2 noun Modern ideas, methods, or ways of thinking. The old institution slowly opened itself to modernism and new technology. Thesaurus Word family Forms modernisms Derived forms anamodernismantimodernismcomodernismecomodernismhypermodernismmetamodernismmodernistneomodernismpostmodernismprotomodernismremodernismsupermodernism Etymology AI details From modern + -ism. Topics Culture & History Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # modernism **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɑːdɝˌnɪzəm/ **Frequency rank:** 55378 ## Meanings 1. A movement in art, architecture, and literature in the early 20th century that broke deliberately with older styles. 2. Modern ideas, methods, or ways of thinking. ## Examples - The museum's collection traces the rise of modernism in painting. - The old institution slowly opened itself to modernism and new technology. ## Derived Forms - anamodernism - antimodernism - comodernism - ecomodernism - hypermodernism - metamodernism - modernist - neomodernism - postmodernism - protomodernism - remodernism - supermodernism ## Etymology From modern + -ism. ## AI Etymology Modernism is formed from modern + -ism. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include a movement in art, architecture, and literature in the early 20th century that broke deliberately with older styles and modern ideas, methods, or ways of thinking. The wider family includes derived forms such as anamodernism, antimodernism, comodernism, ecomodernism, and hypermodernism. ## Topics - Culture & History - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown