Phrase Hound found 77 phrases and 32 compound words that contain modern. The most common are listed below. Open modern in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 77
- modern-dayCurrent; of the present.
- modern artAny of very many genres of art from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, especially those forms that move away from a traditional narrative towards experimentation and conceptual art.
- modern historyThe history of the world beginning after the Middle Ages.
- Modern GreekThe Greek language as spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic.
- modern timesSynonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
- Modern World
- early modernDescribing a period of primarily European history between the Middle Ages and the modern period; the time between c. 1500–1800.
- modern danceA modern form of ballet that is more informal than classical ballet.
- Modern technology
- Modern society
- modern eraSynonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
- Modern Standard ArabicThe standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech in the Arab world since c. the 19th century.
- Modern Life
- All modern
- Modern Science
- modern ageSynonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
- late modernof or pertaining to late modernity
- Modern EnglishThe English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.
- Modern FrenchFrench spoken after the fifteenth century.
- modern conveniencesplural of modern convenience: A labour-saving device or service making a task easier or more efficient to perform than by traditional methods.
- Modern Monetary TheoryA heterodox economic school of thought that posits that fiscal policy, set to constrain inflation and enable full employment, should be the primary economic stabiliser and prioritises reflection on the nature of money from a chartalist …
- Modern JapaneseThe modern stage of the Japanese language, usually dated from around 1600.
- Modern Hotel
- modern physicsAs distinguished from classical physics, all physics discoveries made since approximately 1900, including relativity and quantum mechanics.
- post-modernAlternative form of postmodern: Relating to what follows the modern era.
Compound words 32
- modernityThe quality of being modern or contemporary.
- modernizeTo make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.
- ultramodernExtremely modern.
- hypermodernExtremely modern, bordering on the futuristic.
- neomodernOf or pertaining to a "new simplicity" in reaction to the complexity of postmodern architecture and eclecticism.
- protomodernOf an earlier style approaching what is now modern.
- transmoderninvolving a form of modernness and nonmodernness
- antemodernBefore modern or modernity or modernization.
- ecomodernRelating to ecomodernism
- metamodernOf or relating to metamodernism.