modernity
Syllables: mo·der·ni·tyUK/məˈdɜːnɪti//məˈdɝnɪti/
modernity noun: the quality of being modern or contemporary.
Noun
modernity (countable and uncountable, plural modernities)
- The quality of being modern or contemporary.
- He was impressed by the architecture's modernity.
- While the rolling-stock lacks modernity, the line equipment, with its single catenary suspension, has a surprisingly up-to-date appearance.1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Lancaster-Heysham Electrification, L.M.S.”, in Railway Magazine, page 372
- Modern times.
- The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.
- Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.
modernity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
modernity in Hindi
- quality of being modern
- आधुनिकता ādhuniktā
- modern times
- आधुनिक ādhunik
modernity in Tamil
- புத்தியல், புதுமை
modernity in Marathi
- आधुनिकता
modernity in Urdu
- جدیدیت
More languagesFewer languages
- modernity in Bengali
- আধুনিকতা
- modernity in Telugu
- ఆధునికత, ఆధునికత్వం
- modernity in Malayalam
- ആധുനികത ādhunikata
- modernity in Kannada
- ಆಧುನಿಕತೆ, ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯು
- modernity in Punjabi
- ਆਧੁਨਿਕਤਾ
- modernity in Gujarati
- આધુનિકતા, આધુનિકતાનો
- modernity in Odia
- ଆଧୁନିକତା, ଆଧୁନିକତାର
- modernity in Nepali
- आधुनिकता
- modernity in Arabic
- حَدَاثَة ḥadāṯa
- modernity in Indonesian
- modernitas, kemodernan
Examples of modernity in a sentence
- The novel also explores the clash between traditionalism and so-called modernity, a key Achebean concern.
- Now imagine moving those sheep into a parasite-free apartment in London—into clean, well-fed, couch-potatoey modernity.
- Maude was a moderniser before modernity dawned in the Tory ranks, a Cameroon before David Cameron.
Synonyms of modernity
Forms of modernity
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Origin of modernity
From modern + -ity, a calque of Latin modernitās.
Words formed from modernity
Questions about modernity
- What does modernity mean?
- Modernity means the quality of being modern or contemporary.
- What is modernity in Hindi?
- Modernity in Hindi is आधुनिकता (ādhuniktā), आधुनिक (ādhunik). See Modernity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is modernity?
- Modernity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce modernity?
- Modernity is pronounced /məˈdɜːnɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of modernity?
- The plural of modernity is modernities.
Words near modernity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: modernity (page history and authors); modernity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modernity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modernity (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernity (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernity (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modernity (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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