An Encylopedia Britannica Company

modernism

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
modernism /ˈmɑːdɚˌnɪzəm/ noun
modernism
/ˈmɑːdɚˌnɪzəm/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of MODERNISM
[noncount]
: a style of art, architecture, literature, etc., that uses ideas and methods which are very different from those used in the past compare postmodernism

— modernist

/ˈmɑːdɚnɪst/ noun, plural modernists

— modernist

adjective [more modernist; most modernist]

— modernistic

/ˌmɑːdɚˈnɪstɪk/ adjective [more modernistic; most modernistic]