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  • 1. modernity
  • Rhymes with Modernity
  • Pronounce Modernity
  • Modernity in a sentence
  • Quotes about Modernity
Table of Contents
  • 1. modernity
  • Rhymes with Modernity
  • Pronounce Modernity
  • Modernity in a sentence
  • Quotes about Modernity
Synonyms
Antonyms

1. modernity

noun. ['mɑːˈdɝːnəti'] the quality of being current or of the present.

Synonyms

  • currentness
  • currency
  • modernism
  • modern
  • contemporaneity
  • up-to-dateness
  • modernness

Antonyms

  • current
  • pastness
  • futurity
  • noncurrent

Rhymes with Modernity

  • fraternity
  • eternity

How do you pronounce modernity?

Pronounce modernity as mɑˈdərnəti.

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Sentences with modernity


1. Noun, singular or mass
The small country sports a sharp contrast between history and modernity, the rural and the urban.

Quotes about modernity


1. Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.
- Charles Baudelaire

2. Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.
- Charles Baudelaire

3. The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned
- Antonio Gramsci

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