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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

モダニズム

Pronunciation / Transliteration: modanizumu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Modernism/ˈmɒd.ər.nɪ.zəm/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"モダニズム建築は機能性を重視しています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A modern character or quality; a style or movement in the arts that aims to depart significantly from classical and traditional forms.

    "The exhibition showcases the profound impact of modernism on early twentieth-century architecture."
  2. 2

    A theological movement or tendency originating in the late 19th century characterized by the reinterpretation of traditional doctrines in accordance with modern philosophy and science.

    "Catholic modernism sought to reconcile traditional religious faith with modern critical thought and historical science."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word modernus (meaning 'current' or 'of recent times'), combined with the suffix -ism denoting a distinctive doctrine, movement, or system. It emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe a radical break from traditional forms in art, architecture, literature, and religious thought.

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