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modernity

[mo-dur-ni-tee, moh-] / mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ- /
NOUN
innovativeness
Synonyms
STRONG
change crazy creation freshness innovation mutation newness oddball oddity original originality origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity uniqueness vicissitude weird
WEAK
dernier cri last word newfangled contraption newfangledness
Antonyms
STRONG
habit normality stagnation usualness
NOUN
newfangledness
Synonyms
WEAK
change crazy creation dernier cri freshness innovation innovativeness last word mutation newfangled contraption newness oddball oddity original originality origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity uniqueness vicissitude weird
NOUN
newness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
novelty uniqueness
STRONG
innovation recentness
NOUN
novelty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freshness innovation oddity uniqueness
STRONG
change crazy creation mutation oddball original origination permutation recentness sport strangeness surprise unfamiliarity vicissitude weird
WEAK
dernier cri last word newfangled contraption
Antonyms
STRONGEST
habit
STRONG
stagnation
NOUN
originality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boldness brilliance cleverness daring freshness imagination individuality ingenuity innovation inventiveness resourcefulness spirit
STRONG
creativity imaginativeness ingeniousness innovativeness invention newness nonconformity novelty unconventionality unorthodoxy
WEAK
creative spirit new idea
Antonyms
STRONGEST
being reality
WEAK
orthodoxy
NOUN
state-of-the-art
Synonyms
WEAK
highest development modernization updating

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"Modernity basically means increased consumption. The concept of LiFE is not in conformity with that trend of consumerism," says Dr Nilanjan Ghosh, president of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

In chapter 6, "The Modernity Problem," you highlight three issues.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022

Modernity, Mumford complained at length, was too dependent on fossil fuels.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2022

Modernity has also meant that young men now wear jeans and watch Marvel movies on YouTube.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022

Modernity, led by the automobile, was perforating the frontier.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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