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high modernity

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of high modernism.

    • High modernity, according to James C. Scott, claims to speak about the improvement of the human condition with the authority of scientific knowledge. Thus, it implies a radical break with history and tradition.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA