modernism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   practices typical of contemporary life or thought

3. 3
   noun

   genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

4. 4
   noun

   the quality of being current or of the present

5. 5
   noun

   Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.

6. 6
   noun

   Anything that is characteristic of modernity.

7. 7
   noun

   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.

Etymology

From modern + -ism.