anti-modern

adjective

an·​ti-mod·​ern
ˌan-tē-ˈmä-dərn,
 nonstandard  -ˈmä-d(ə-)rən,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-modern (audio)
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

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-modern was in 1834

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“Anti-modern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-modern. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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