mod·ern·ism 
/ˈmɑ:dɚˌnɪzəm/ noun
/ˈmɑ:dɚˌnɪzəm/ noun [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
— mod·ern·ist /ˈmɑ:dɚnɪst/ noun, plural mod·ern·ists
[count] ▪ a leading modernist
/ˈmɑ:dɚnɪst/ noun, plural mod·ern·ists [count] ▪ a leading modernist
— modernist adjective [more modernist; most modernist]
▪ a modernist painter
▪ a modernist painter
— mod·ern·is·tic /ˌmɑ:dɚˈnɪstɪk/ adjective [more modernistic; most modernistic]
▪ a somewhat modernistic style
/ˌmɑ:dɚˈnɪstɪk/ adjective [more modernistic; most modernistic] ▪ a somewhat modernistic style
