MODERNISM


Meaning of MODERNISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmä-dər-ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1737

1. : a practice, usage, or expression peculiar to modern times

2. often capitalized : a tendency in theology to accommodate traditional religious teaching to contemporary thought and especially to devalue supernatural elements

3. : modern artistic or literary philosophy and practice ; especially : a self-conscious break with the past and a search for new forms of expression

• mod·ern·ist -nist noun or adjective

• mod·ern·is·tic ˌmä-dər-ˈnis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.