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The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.
Ulrich Beck

Meaning of "modernity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MODERNITY

modernity  [mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MODERNITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Modernity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MODERNITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

modernity

Modernity

Modernity typically refers to a post-traditional, post-medieval historical period, one marked by the move from feudalism toward capitalism, industrialization, secularization, rationalization, the nation-state and its constituent institutions and forms of surveillance. Charles Baudelaire is credited with coining the term "modernity" to designate the fleeting, ephemeral experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility art has to capture that experience. Conceptually, modernity relates to the modern era and to modernism, but forms a distinct concept. Whereas the Enlightenment invokes a specific movement in Western philosophy, modernity tends to refer only to the social relations associated with the rise of capitalism. Modernity may also refer to tendencies in intellectual culture, particularly the movements intertwined with secularisation and post-industrial life, such as Marxism, existentialism, and the formal establishment of social science. In context, modernity has been associated with cultural and intellectual movements of 1436–1789 and extending to the 1970s or later.

Definition of modernity in the English dictionary

The definition of modernity in the dictionary is the quality or state of being modern. Other definition of modernity is something modern.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MODERNITY


amenity
əˈmiːnɪtɪ
coeternity
ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
confraternity
ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
diuturnity
ˌdaɪjʊˈtɜːnɪtɪ
equal-opportunity
ˌiːkwəlˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
eternity
ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
eviternity
ˌiːvɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
fraternity
frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
immunity
ɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ
impunity
ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ
interfraternity
ˌɪntəfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
maternity
məˈtɜːnɪtɪ
opportunity
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
paternity
pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
quaternity
kwəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
sempiternity
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
subalternity
ˌsʌbɔːlˈtɜːnɪtɪ
taciturnity
ˌtæsɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
unity
ˈjuːnɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MODERNITY

modern jazz
modern language
modern languages
modern man
modern pentathlon
modern sequence dancing
moderne
moderniser
modernism
modernist
modernistic
modernistically
modernities
modernization
modernize
modernizer
modernly
modernness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MODERNITY

affinity
Christianity
dignity
divinity
equal opportunity
femininity
gated community
Holy Trinity
humanity
indemnity
infinity
insanity
profanity
sanity
serenity
trinity
vanity
vicinity
virginity
yachting fraternity

Synonyms and antonyms of modernity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MODERNITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «modernity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of modernity

Translation of «modernity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MODERNITY

Find out the translation of modernity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of modernity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «modernity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

现代
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la modernidad
570 millions of speakers

English

modernity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधुनिकता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحداثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

современность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

modernidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধুনিকত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

modernité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemodenan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Modernität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

現代性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

현대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Modernitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hiện đại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நவீனத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आधुनिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

modernlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

modernità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nowoczesność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сучасність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

modernitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεωτερικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moderniteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

modernitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

modernitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of modernity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MODERNITY»

The term «modernity» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.372 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MODERNITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about modernity

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10 QUOTES WITH «MODERNITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word modernity.
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Theodor Adorno
Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
2
Bernard Arnault
Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.
3
Gary Bauer
As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law.
4
Ulrich Beck
All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.
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Ulrich Beck
The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.
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Peter L. Berger
I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization.
7
Theodore Bikel
You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.
8
Francois Cluzet
I think that in France, we really admire American films, we admire their drive, we admire the modernity and ellipsism in the film and the writing and the style of acting, and we look at them perhaps in a way to see what we can steal from them, too, to make our own films more modern.
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Antonio Gramsci
The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.
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Alexander Haig
If they analyze the situation as thoroughly as they should, Muslims will realize they are the first targets. What are the fundamentalists really after? Simply taking over Islam and then turning its back on modernity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MODERNITY»

Discover the use of modernity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to modernity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late ...
Building on the ideas set out in the authors The Consequences of Modernity, this book focuses on the self and the emergence of new mechanisms of self-identity that are shaped by—yet also shape—the institutions of modernity.
Anthony Giddens, 1991
2
The Consequences of Modernity
This book will be essential reading for second year undergraduates and above in sociology, politics, philosophy, and cultural studies.
Anthony Giddens, 2013
3
All that is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity
This book develops the idea that Modernity's defining characteristic is that of continual reassertion of ambivalence.
Marshall Berman, 1983
4
Liquid Modernity
In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity.
Zygmunt Bauman, 2000
5
Modernity, Culture, and 'the Jew'
This book provides a rich and wide-ranging analysis of Jewish history and culture, relating them to theories of modernity and postmodernity and to recent debates on ethnicity and postcolonialism.
Bryan Cheyette, Laura Marcus, 1998
6
How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa
Based on the idea that Africa was already becoming modern before being derailed by colonialism, the author insists that Africa can get back on track and advocates a renewed engagement with modernity.
Olufemi Taiwo, 2010
7
The Amish Struggle with Modernity
A distinctive American subculture responds to the forces of social change.
Donald B. Kraybill, Marc Alan Olshan, 1994
8
Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life ...
Since the 1970s the urban economy has decreased. This volume explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline.
James Ferguson, 1999
9
Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, ...
Five Faces of Modernity is a series of semantic and cultural biographies of words that have taken on special significance in the last century and a half or so: modernity, avant-garde, decadence, kitsch, and postmodernism.
Matei Calinescu, 1987
10
Modernity
This is a brief, authoritative and accessible introduction to the idea of modernity, written by a leading social theorist.
Peter Wagner, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MODERNITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term modernity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Masaan Film Review: Beautifully crafted social commentary on clash …
Masaan portrays two love stories stuck in the tug of war between modernity and age old traditional customs and beliefs. Set in the holy Hindu ... «India.com, Jul 15»
2
Tony Blair's speech on the future of the Labour party in full
Tony Blair: 'We won elections when we had an agenda that was driven by values, but informed by modernity.' Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Labour faces 20 years out of power, Tony Blair warns in bitter attack …
“We won elections when we had an agenda that was driven by values but informed by modernity. When we had strength and clarity of purpose; ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
The Long, Twisted History of Your Credit Score
Credit reporting, in its modern sense, is fewer than 200 years old—invented as part of America's transition to capitalist modernity. Already ... «TIME, Jul 15»
5
How tender was the night I hosted the Netanyahus
And I noticed how much Netanyahu, like Ataturk, unequivocally admires the West and modernity and technology and intellect. Like Ataturk, he ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
6
Unraveling the axis of stupid: How Iran deal sends neocons …
Let Know Nothings, Tea Party and Trump crowd rail against the deal. They rail against reality, modernity, history. Patrick L. Smith · Share «Salon, Jul 15»
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E. L. Doctorow Dead: 'Ragtime' Author Dies From Lung Cancer At 84
His best known novel, Ragtime, has been said to be about “a nation struggling with modernity,” according to book critic David L. Ulin, and fuses ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
8
44 years of Black Panthers in Israel
Ashkenazi Jews, however, were assumed to possess all the positive values of modernity, whilst Mizrahi culture was perceived as something to ... «Alternative Information Center, Jul 15»
9
US officials target social media, encryption after Chattanooga shooting
... over the past several days is complicated, raising questions about mental health, substance abuse, firearms, religion and modernity. «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
10
Derek Lam on the edge of American style
In Lam's view, fashion — and modernity — can't be conceived in a vacuum, without reference to time or place. "There is no clean slate into ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Modernity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/modernity>. May 2024 ».
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