modernist
modernist adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of modernism.
Adjective (1)
modernist (comparative more modernist, superlative most modernist)
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of modernism.
- Watercolor is not just a romantic or old-fashioned medium, said Mr. [Thomas W.] Schaller, a renderer who began his career as an architect in Boston, but a way “to apply a sense of luminosity to more modernist design.”2003 September 28, David W[illiam] Dunlap, “The Design Image vs. the Reality”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct...
- It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.2025 February 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage saved in 2024”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 53, about Liverpool Street station in London
Noun
modernist (plural modernists)
Adjective (2)
modernist (comparative more modernist, superlative most modernist)
- Pertaining to the culinary arts of molecular gastronomy.
modernist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
modernist in Hindi
- relating to modernism
- आधुनिकतावादी ādhuniktāvādī
- follower of modernism
- आधुनिकतावादी ādhuniktāvādī
modernist in Tamil
- நவீனத்துவவாதி
modernist in Marathi
- आधुनिकतावादी
modernist in Urdu
- جدت پسند
More languagesFewer languages
- modernist in Bengali
- আধুনিকবাদী, আধুনিকতাবাদী, আধুনিকপন্থী
- modernist in Telugu
- ఆధునికవాది, ఆధునికతావాది
- modernist in Malayalam
- ആധുനികവാദി, ആധുനികതാവാദി
- modernist in Kannada
- ಆಧುನಿಕತಾವಾದಿ, ಆಧುನಿಕವಾದಿ
- modernist in Punjabi
- ਆਧੁਨਿਕਤਾਵਾਦੀ
- modernist in Gujarati
- આધુનિકતાવાદી
- modernist in Odia
- ଆଧୁନିକବାଦୀ, ଆଧୁନିକତାଵାଦୀ
- modernist in Nepali
- आधुनिकतावादी
Examples of modernist in a sentence
- That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.
- Of all the modernist art movements, it was the surrealists who were best at enjoying their revolution.
- Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, rises out of the Sahel like a modernist apparition.
Forms of modernist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more modernist |
| superlative | most modernist |
| Noun | |
| plural | modernists |
Origin of modernist
From modern + -ist.
Ellipsis of Modernist Cuisine, a book on molecular gastronomy.
Words formed from modernist
Phrases with modernist
Questions about modernist
- What does modernist mean?
- Modernist means of, relating to, or characteristic of modernism.
- What is modernist in Hindi?
- Modernist in Hindi is आधुनिकतावादी (ādhuniktāvādī). See Modernist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is modernist?
- Modernist can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near modernist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: modernist (page history and authors); modernist (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modernist (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernist (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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