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antemodern

antemodern adjective: before modern or modernity or modernization.

Adjective

antemodern (comparative more antemodern, superlative most antemodern)

  1. Before modern or modernity or modernization.
    Synonyms:
    antique

Synonyms of antemodern

Forms of antemodern

comparativemore antemodern
superlativemost antemodern

Origin of antemodern

From ante- + modern.

Questions about antemodern

What does antemodern mean?
Antemodern means before modern or modernity or modernization.
What part of speech is antemodern?
Antemodern is an adjective.

Words near antemodern in the dictionary

  1. antemeridiem
  2. antemetallic
  3. antemetic
  4. antemetics
  5. antemillennial
  6. antemodern
  7. antemolar
  8. antemortem
  9. antemosaic
  10. antems
  11. antemundane

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