Meanings
nounnonmodern (plural nonmoderns)
plural nonmoderns · alternative non-modern
- One who is not modern.
The headscarf is a perfect tool to block the nonmoderns from participating in the class privileges that the modern state represents.
2012, Hilal Elver, The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion, page 52
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving characteristics of past times; not modern.
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adjectivenot modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Englishmodern
- Englishnonmodern
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 非現代的 /非现代的
- 非現代的 /非现代的 (fēi xiàndài de)having characteristics of past times
Finnish epämoderni, vanhanaikainen
- epämodernihaving characteristics of past times
- vanhanaikainenhaving characteristics of past times
Polish nonmodernistyczny
- nonmodernistycznyhaving characteristics of past times
Cite this entry
APA
nonmodern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmodern
MLA
“nonmodern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmodern. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonmodern,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmodern.
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