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Modernism

Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

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Narrower term 1

Contemporariness 76% connected

Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 5

Currency 76% connected

A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Currentness 76% connected

The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Genre 76% connected

A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Modernist 74% connected

One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Modernist 74% connected

One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.

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Attribute 2

Modern 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modern 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Contemporaneity 92% connected

The state of being contemporaneous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Modernity 92% connected

Modernness; something modern.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Modernness 92% connected

The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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