modernistic

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adjective

In modern style.

“The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.”

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Meanings

adjectivemodernistic (comparative more modernistic, superlative most modernistic)

comparative more modernistic · superlative most modernistic

  1. In modern style.

    The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.

    1 more example

    The buildings now being demolished are said to date back to the opening of the Trent Valley line in 1846. They will be replaced by modernistic structures, including a fully mechanised booking office, which will be concentrated mainly on the Low Level down platforms, [...].

    1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Tamworth to be rebuilt”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 644–645

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to a recently developed fashion or style

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål modernistisk
  • modernistiskmodernistic
Polish modernistyczny
  • modernistycznymodernistic
Swedish modernistisk
  • modernistiskmodernistic

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “modernistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modernistic.

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