variants
or less commonly antimodernist
: opposed to the values of modernism or modernity
… mixture of nativist ideology, anti-modernist sentiment, political isolationism, and frankly stated racialism …—Hilton Kramer
Prohibition, like nativism and antisemitism, tapped into deeply rooted antimodernist trends in American life; it attempted to turn back the cultural clock …—Jonathan D. Sarna
anti-modernist
noun
or less commonly antimodernist
The antimodernists prevailed, perhaps fortunately, given the deplorable standards of new French architecture.
—Gerald Clarke
anti-modernism
noun
or less commonly antimodernism
ˌan-tē-ˈmä-dər-ni-zəm,
ˌan-tī-
This left-wing anti-modernism is interesting or not, depending on your point of view.
—Stephen Holmes
Rather than assume the postmodern position, he has been willing to take up a very sophisticated stance of antimodernism.
—Thomas Bender
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