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Pronunciation / Transliteration: kindai-sei
"この芸術作品には独特の近代性がある。"
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The quality or condition of being modern; the specific characteristics, lifestyle, or ideas typical of the present or contemporary era.
"The rapid pace of technological innovation defines much of twentieth-century modernity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Latin modernus (modern), combined with the suffix -ity, reflecting the quality or condition of being modern.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "modernity" is said worldwide
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modernité
Transliteration: modernité
"Cette ville est un symbole de la modernité."
Modernität
Transliteration: Modernität
"Die Architektur des Gebäudes strahlt Modernität aus."
modernità
Transliteration: modernità
"Il museo celebra l'arte e la modernità."
modernidad
Transliteration: modernidad
"La ciudad busca un equilibrio entre la tradición y la modernidad."
modernidade
Transliteration: modernidade
"A tecnologia trouxe nova modernidade para o cotidiano."
आधुनिकता
Transliteration: adhunikata
"यह शहर आधुनिकता का प्रतीक है।"
现代性
Transliteration: xiàndàixìng
"我们要探讨文学作品中的现代性。"
모더니티
Transliteration: modeoniti
"그 도시는 급격한 모더니티를 경험했다."
近代性
Transliteration: kindai-sei
"この芸術作品には独特の近代性がある。"
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