Definitions for modernitymɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mo•der•ni•tymɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ-(n.)(pl.)-ties.
the quality of being modern.
something modern.
Origin of modernity:
1620–30
Princeton's WordNet
modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness(noun)
the quality of being current or of the present
"a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
Wiktionary
modernity(Noun)
the quality of being modern or contemporary.
He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.
modernity(Noun)
modern times.
The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.
Webster Dictionary
Modernity(noun)
modernness; something modern
Translations for modernity
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
modernity(noun)
belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient
modern furniture/clothes.
- modernheidAfrikaans
- عَصْرِيَّهArabic
- съвременностBulgarian
- modernidadePortuguese (BR)
- modernostCzech
- die ModernitätGerman
- modernitetDanish
- η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. μοντέρνο(ς)Greek
- modernidadSpanish
- tänapäevasusEstonian
- تجددFarsi
- modernisuusFinnish
- modernitéFrench
- מוֹדֶרנִיוּתHebrew
- आधुनिकताHindi
- modernostCroatian
- korszerűségHungarian
- kemodernanIndonesian
- nÿtískuleiki; nútímaviðhorf/-hugsunarhátturIcelandic
- modernitàItalian
- 현대성Korean
- šiuolaikiškumas, naujoviškumasLithuanian
- mūsdienīgums; jauninājumsLatvian
- kemodenanMalay
- modernitetNorwegian
- تجددPersian
- نوى كولPashto
- modernitateRomanian
- современностьRussian
- modernosťSlovak
- modernostSlovenian
- savremenostSerbian
- modern- itet, nymodighetSwedish
- ความทันสมัยThai
- modernlik,çağdaşlıkTurkish
- 現代性Chinese (Trad.)
- сучасністьUkrainian
- حداثتUrdu
- tính chất hiện đạiVietnamese
- 现代性Chinese (Simp.)
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