modernness

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noun

the property of being modern

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modernitymodernismcontemporaneitycontemporaneousness
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Meanings

nounmodernness (usually uncountable, plural modernnesses)

plural modernnesses

  1. uncountableusuallythe property of being modern

    Synonyms: modernity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe property of being modern

Similar
modernity

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of being current or of the present

Similar
modernitymodernismcontemporaneitycontemporaneousness
Broader
currentnesscurrencyup-to-dateness
Also see
contemporaneitycontemporaneousnessmodernismmodernity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From modern + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

modernness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modernness

MLA

“modernness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modernness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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