modernist 1 of 2

noun

Definition of modernistnext
as in liberal
a person with very modern ideas a time when Paris was the center of the universe for modernists in the art world

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modernist

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adjective

as in modern

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  1. liberal
  2. modern
  3. revolutionary
  4. contemporary
  5. ultramodern
  6. present-day
  7. current
  8. newfangled
Noun
  • Park was eventually removed from office and arrested in 2017, and the liberals easily won the presidency in a by-election as conservatives remained in disarray.
    Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The court’s liberals, meanwhile, sympathized with the Biden administration’s citation of major medical organizations that consider gender-affirming care safe and medically necessary.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of liberal
Adjective
  • Other finds served as messages from the past, connecting 17th-century schoolgirls to modern archaeologists, who uncovered the students’ decorative paper cuttings beneath the floorboards of their former London boarding school.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In doing this, the exhibition aligns its artists with women working for the military-industrial complex: ENIAC, the world’s first modern computer, was invented to compute ballistic missile trajectories (six young women programmed it), and Grace Hopper was a Navy officer.
    Lua Vollaard, ARTnews.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of modern
Noun
  • In 1793, French revolutionaries executed their king, Louis XVI, and his wife, Marie Antoinette, unleashing a wave of political instability that threatened the whole of Europe.
    Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • While these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of revolutionary
Adjective
  • Morris, following a conversation with the music critic Robert Christgau, dissects how contemporary (and largely white) critics glossed over the fusion of pop and gospel that made Wonder’s art so revelatory.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • As tens of thousands of visitors from around the world descended on Miami for the city’s annual art celebration, a lucky few were invited to an immersive experience that blended contemporary art with fashion, mixology, and luxury travel.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • The eerie outdoor lighting and ultramodern production design create a memorable environment that should be serene and is instead wonderfully disrupted.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Futuristic Mobile Capsule Smart Home Light pours into this ultramodern aluminum capsule home through the floor-to-ceiling windows on both ends.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of ultramodern
Adjective
  • The larger Yellowstone-verse continues to race ahead with present-day spinoff series The Madison currently in production and the second season of prequel series 1923 returning in February.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Retrofitting of the locomotive includes removing, destroying and replacing the locomotive’s old engine, which was manufactured before locomotive emission standards were in place, with a new engine equipped with present-day emission controls.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of present-day
Adjective
  • Rather than being concerned that Musk has too much influence over the president-elect, Jayapal should be worried about who’s making decisions for the current president.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The club face a race against time to register €60million ($62m; £49m at current exchange rates) summer signing Dani Olmo and fellow recent arrival Pau Victor under La Liga rules before the end of the month.
    Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of current
Adjective
  • Sometimes newfangled technology seems to enter into the nature of the writing itself.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Keep reading to learn about some of the best restaurants in Honolulu. Izakaya 855-Aloha There are many things to adore about Izakaya 855-Aloha, Honolulu’s newest Japanese izakaya with a newfangled Hawaiian twist.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of newfangled
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