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"Modern" and It's Derivatives

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Online Etymology Dictionary--"modern" Modern (adj.) c.1500, "now existing;" 1580s, "of or pertaining to present or recent times;" from Middle French moderne (15c.) and directly from Late Latin modernus "modern" (Priscian, Cassiodorus), from Latin modo "just now, in a (certain) manner," from modo (adv.) "to the measure," ablative of modus "manner, measure" (see mode (n.1)). Extended form modern-day attested from 1909. In Shakespeare, often with a sense of "every-day, ordinary, commonplace. " Slang abbreviation mod first attested 1960. Modern art is from 1807 (by contrast to ancient); modern dance first attested 1912; first record of modern jazz is from 1954. Modernist (n.) 1580s, "a modern person," from modern + -ist. Modern (n.) 1580s, "person of the present time" (contrasted to ancient, from modern (adj.). Modernism (n.) 1737, "deviation from the ancient and classical manner" [Johnson, who calls it "a word invented by Swift"], from modern + -ism.

Modernity (n.) modernize (v.) 1748, from modern + -ize, or from French moderniser. Modern - definition of modern by the Free Online Dictionary. Modern[ˈmɒdən] Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 modern Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Modern[ˈmɒd/ən]adj → moderno/aall modern conveniences → tutti i comfort modern (ˈmodən) adjective belonging to the present or to recent times; not old or ancient. modern furniture/clothes. modern عَصْري съвременен moderno moderní modern moderne σύγχρονος, μοντέρνος moderno moodne نو moderni moderne מוֹדֶרנִי आधुनिक moderan modern modern nútíma- moderno 現代の 현대의 modernus, šiuolaikiškas, dabartinis moderns, mūsdienu- moden modern moderne, nyere współczesny, nowoczesny موډرن،نوى moderno modern современный moderný moderen savremen modern สมัยใหม่ modern 現代的 сучасний جدید hiện đại 现代的 modern moˈdernity (-ˈdəː-) noun ˈmodernness noun ˈmodernize, ˈmodernise verb to bring up to date.

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Remodernism. Altermodernism. Metamodernism. Modernism. Modernity.