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high modernity

high modernity noun: synonym of high modernism.

Noun

high modernity (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of high modernism.
    • High modernity, according to James C. Scott, claims to speak about the improvement of the human condition with the authority of scientific knowledge. Thus, it implies a radical break with history and tradition.2018, Roel Meijer, The Quest for Modernity […] , Routledge, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    high modernism

Synonyms of high modernity

Questions about high modernity

What does high modernity mean?
High modernity means synonym of high modernism.
What part of speech is high modernity?
High modernity is a noun.

Words near high modernity in the dictionary

  1. high masses
  2. high memory area
  3. High Middle Ages
  4. high milling
  5. high modernism
  6. high modernity
  7. high muckamuck
  8. high muckamucks
  9. high muckety-muck
  10. high muckety-mucks
  11. high nellie

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