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modernity

[mo-dur-ni-tee, moh-] / mɒˈdɜr nɪ ti, moʊ- /


NOUN
newness
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NOUN
state-of-the-art
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Ivorians need to put African heritage first and stop trying to "catch up with Western modernity", he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

The development of modernity, then, consists in increasingly detailed maps of the undiscovered continent that Machiavelli perceived only in part.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

They were proof of a society comfortable with exchange, expression and modernity.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

"But at his core, he was a genius who was endlessly fascinated by storytelling, whether it was through mythology, modernity or memory," Mr Ahmad adds.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Fashion and modernity and the rot at the Table’s heart were in hiding, and his great idea was on the move once more.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White