/ ˈmɒdənɪzəm; NAmE ˈmɑːdərn-/ noun [ U ]
1.
modern ideas or methods
2.
a style and movement in art, architecture and literature popular in the middle of the 20th century in which modern ideas, methods and materials were used rather than traditional ones
—compare postmodernism
► mod·ern·ist / ˈmɒdənɪst; NAmE ˈmɑːdərn-/ adjective [ only before noun ]:
modernist art
► mod·ern·ist noun