Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or quality of being modern.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being modern; modernism in time of spirit.
- noun Something that is modern.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Modernness; something modern.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the quality of being
modern orcontemporary . - noun modern times.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being current or of the present
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Though first published 50 years ago, this examination of Islam's efforts to reject or adjust to modernity is more insightful than most recent commentary.
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Though first published 50 years ago, this examination of Islam's efforts to reject or adjust to modernity is more insightful than most recent commentary.
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The paper book, the tool that built modernity, is to be phased out in favor of fractured, unfixed information.
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Though first published 50 years ago, this examination of Islam's efforts to reject or adjust to modernity is more insightful than most recent commentary.
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Though first published 50 years ago, this examination of Islam's efforts to reject or adjust to modernity is more insightful than most recent commentary.
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The paper book, the tool that built modernity, is to be phased out in favor of fractured, unfixed information.
Future of the Book: Fractured and Unfixed or Convenient and Accessible? 2009
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The paper book, the tool that built modernity, is to be phased out in favor of fractured, unfixed information.
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In my view, his observation that Buddhism is a religion for late human beings is actually a warning against the onset of nihilism in modernity, which Buddhism typifies.
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Few white people see Namatjira Camp, a grim nest of iron sheds and outdoor mattresses whose only obvious sign of modernity is a single electric light and a government sign listing everything the inhabitants can't do.
Australia's dark heart Will Storr 2010
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Though first published 50 years ago, this examination of Islam's efforts to reject or adjust to modernity is more insightful than most recent commentary.
A Fact a Day About Obamacare – Day Three: The Good Side of the Status Quo 2009
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