anti-modern

adjective

an·ti-mod·ern

ˌan-tē-ˈmä-dərn,

nonstandard -ˈmä-d(ə-)rən,

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly antimodern

: opposed to modernism or to modern beliefs and practices

But clearly what disturbs Flores more is to discover these same anti-modern tendencies gaining ground on the secular left.—

Mark Lilla

… the common link among the various types of antimodern traditionalism.—

Jeffrey Stout

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Yakov fit his act to the frame of Branson not through any special Cold War frisson but as an unlikely figure of anti-modern nostalgia. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024 His anti-modern ideology has become an instrument of soft power that is eagerly consumed by conservatives across the Orthodox world as well as by right-wing figures in Europe (such as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán). —

Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024