modernity C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas US /mɑˈdɜrnəti/ UK /mɒˈdɜːnəti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality or condition of being modern; contemporary ways of life The film contrasts rural tradition with the chaos of urban modernity. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality or condition of... contemporaneitynewnessmodernnesspresentness ↔ Opposites antiquitytradition Word family Related forms modernmodernismmodernizemodernistic Etymology AI details From Late Latin modernitas, from modernus ('modern'), from Latin modo ('just now'), from modus ('measure, manner'). modernus la-lat modus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # modernity **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /mɑˈdɜrnəti/ **IPA (UK):** /mɒˈdɜːnəti/ ## Meanings 1. the quality or condition of being modern; contemporary ways of life ## Examples - The film contrasts rural tradition with the chaos of urban modernity. ## Synonyms - contemporaneity - newness - modernness - presentness ## Antonyms - antiquity - tradition ## Related Forms - modern - modernism - modernize - modernistic ## Roots and Affixes - Root: modernus - Root: modus ## Etymology From Late Latin modernitas, from modernus ('modern'), from Latin modo ('just now'), from modus ('measure, manner'). ## AI Etymology Modernity comes from Late Latin modernitas, from modernus ('modern'), from Latin modo ('just now'), from modus ('measure, manner'). The etymological trail includes Latin modernus, Latin modus. The same word family includes modern, modernism, modernize, modernistic. Its current noun use means "the quality or condition of being modern; contemporary ways of life". ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown