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unmodernist

unmodernist adjective: not modernist.

Adjective

unmodernist (comparative more unmodernist, superlative most unmodernist)

  1. Not modernist.
    • The creaky plywood floor he has laid down — a replica of the one in his studio — reinforces a sense of impurity and instability, unmodernist if not necessarily antimodernist, like late Ad Reinhardt.2007 December 14, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Forms of unmodernist

comparativemore unmodernist
superlativemost unmodernist

Origin of unmodernist

From un- + modernist.

Questions about unmodernist

What does unmodernist mean?
Unmodernist means not modernist.
What part of speech is unmodernist?
Unmodernist is an adjective.

Words near unmodernist in the dictionary

  1. unmodern
  2. unmodernise
  3. unmodernised
  4. unmodernises
  5. unmodernising
  6. unmodernist
  7. unmodernity
  8. unmodernizable
  9. unmodernization
  10. unmodernize
  11. unmodernized

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