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modernity

mo·der·nity

UK/məˈdɜːnɪti/ US/məˈdɝnɪti/ rare

noun

1.

the quality of being current or of the present

  • “a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village”
Synonyms

Origin

From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.

Phrases

  • behavioural modernity
  • high modernity
  • late modernity
  • liquid modernity

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