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nounhigh modernity (uncountable)
- uncountableSynonym of high modernism.
High modernity, according to James C. Scott, claims to speak about the improvement of the human condition with the authority of scientific knowledge. Thus, it implies a radical break with history and tradition.
2018, Roel Meijer, The Quest for Modernity […] , Routledge, →ISBNSynonyms: high modernism
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nounSynonym of high modernism.
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