modernistic

C2+ Topic:Art & Music
US /ˌmɑdərˈnɪstɪk/ UK /ˌmɒdəˈnɪstɪk/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    characteristic of modern styles or modernism, especially in art and design

    The hotel's modernistic lobby featured stark angles and chrome fittings.

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Synonyms
1 adj · characteristic of modern... moderncontemporaryavant-gardeprogressivefuturistic
Word family
Related forms modernismmodernistmodernmodernity

Etymology

From modernist + -ic, from modern, from Late Latin modernus ('modern, of the present'), from Latin modo ('just now'), from modus ('measure, manner').

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