Meaning

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

noun the quality of being current or of the present

noun practices typical of contemporary life or thought

originEtymology tree English modern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English modernism From modern + -ism.

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