hypermodern

adjective

hy·​per·​mod·​ern ˌhī-pər-ˈmä-dərn 

1

: extremely modern

What Murphy finds remarkable about SpaceX is its hypermodern corporate culture.

—Chuck Sweeny

In a country that's hypermodern in many regards, "Secrets, Objects," shines an uncomfortable spotlight on the still very traditional mores of marriage and the identity of wives vis-a-vis husbands.

—John Glionna

2

chess : characterized by a set of strategies developed in the early 20th century that include the control of the center of the chessboard by means of distant pieces rather than more centrally located pawns

Hypermodern chess came into vogue after World War I and posed a real dilemma to the existing classical school of chess theory of: "What to do?"

—Harold Dondis and Chris Chase

hypermodernism

ˌhī-pər-ˈmä-dər-ˌni-zəm 

noun

or hyper-modernism

Indeed, the whole thrust of hypermodernism [in chess] was to lure the opponent forward prematurely, cut off his supply lines and slaughter the arrogant advance units.

—Robert Byrne

hypermodernist

ˌhī-pər-ˈmä-dər-nist 

adjective

or hyper-modernist

I had always known from afar that Halston dressed upscale New York women in clothes so unadorned they were hypermodernist compared to Europe's fanciful fashion.

—Suzy Menkes

It boasts a selection of architectural wonders that ranges from surviving railway-boom warehouses to 20th-century modernist buildings to a handful of hyper-modernist structures.

—Bartley Kives

hypermodernist noun

or hyper-modernist

plural hypermodernists or hyper-modernists

Dedicated hypermodernists don't read the books they intend to collect. They read "reading" copies.

—Christa Worthington

Examples of hypermodern in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The minesweeper took part in exercises and cleared explosives, 120 in the North Sea, and the ship, along with all other Alkmaar-class minehunters, is set to be replaced by six new mine countermeasures vessels that have a hypermodern toolbox with unmanned systems to detect and clear explosives. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024

The Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Museum Siam, the National Gallery of Thailand, the National Museum Bangkok, and Queen Sirikit National Convention Center will host exhibitions, as will the hypermodern One Bangkok development. —News Desk, Artforum, 5 July 2024

Like all of Didion’s fiction, it is lit up with social details (the smell of Nivea lotion, the sight of a Nieman Marcus Christmas catalog) and suffused with a kind of hypermodern sardonic bemusement that never seems to lose its purchase on our present. —Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023

The muted color tones of her 2016 odyssey contrast against the vibrant, stylized, hypermodern hotel. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023

Estimates vary, but some Americans are increasingly opting out of hypermodern, hyperpolarized life entirely. —Michael J. Lee, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2023

Not to be outdone, the hypermodern Dream Hollywood hotel, in conjunction with the Crypt Gallery, unveiled an NFT (non-fungible token) art gallery in August — the hotel has a massive wall of screens in its lobby — featuring works from some of Los Angeles’s top digital artists. —Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022

In a few seconds the blast destroys tens of thousands of apartments in the low-rise buildings and hypermodern skyscrapers scattered across this open stretch of land, blowing apart, pulverizing windows, glass, doors, furniture, and the inhabitants as well. —Charif Majdalani, WSJ, 24 July 2021

The distillery’s administrative offices are located in the original 1794 brewery building, but the actual distilling is done in a hypermodern structure next door that previously was used for brewing the stout extract Guinness ships to its export markets. —Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1