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modernism

noun

Etymology

From modern + -ism.

  1. derived from modo
  2. derived from modernus
  3. derived from moderne
  4. suffixed as modernism — “modern + ism”

Definitions

  1. Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.

  2. Anything that is characteristic of modernity.

  3. Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished…

    Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.

    • Penrod is so referential as to be almost a work of postmodernism—assuming Tarkington could have imagined such a thing with modernism itself just beginning to steamroll over him.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X,…

      A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at modernism. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at modernism. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at modernism

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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