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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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Technological pessimists speak as if modernity itself were a mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

An inside student might say that prisons in eastern Oregon used to be mental institutions and Army barracks; an outside student might speak about modernity and the need for discipline and control under capitalism.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Groups within it – including pickup artists, men’s rights groups and “involuntary celibate” or “incel” communities – portray themselves as victims of modernity.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Ivorians need to put African heritage first and stop trying to "catch up with Western modernity", he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

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




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