Synonyms of modernism

Noun

1. modernism, genre

usage: genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

2. modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, currentness, currency, up-to-dateness

usage: the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"

3. modernism, practice, pattern

usage: practices typical of contemporary life or thought

Definition and meaning of modernism (Dictionary)