modernity

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /mɑˈdɜrnəti/ UK /mɒˈdɜːnəti/ See IPA manual

noun

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.

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1 noun · the quality or condition of... contemporaneitynewnessmodernnesspresentness

Opposites

antiquity tradition

Word family

Related forms modern modernism modernize modernistic

Etymology

From Late Latin modernitas, from modernus ('modern'), from Latin modo ('just now'), from modus ('measure, manner').

modernus la-lat modus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# 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
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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