hypermodern

comparative more hypermodern · superlative most hypermodern

1. Extremely modern, bordering on the futuristic.

   What does this signify for the materiality and mentality of our everyday life in the hypermodern city?

   2003, Ryan Bishop, John Phillips, Wei-Wei Yeo, Postcolonial urbanism: Southeast Asian cities and global processes

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   The new hypermodern economy depends on the rapid movement of goods, services, and persons. Old forms of career stability are now considered to be things of the past.

   1997, Michael Storper, The regional world: territorial development in a global economy

   One hypermodern trend entails technological development, producing a postindustrial, information-infused society. This also leads to globalization...

   2000, Stuart S Nagel, Handbook of global political policy

2. board gamesOf or pertaining to hypermodernism.