anti-modernism
|an-ti-mod-ern-ism|
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/ˌæn.tiˈmɑːdərnɪzəm/
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/ˌæn.tiˈmɒdənɪzəm/
against modernism/modernity
Etymology
'anti-modernism' is built from the prefix 'anti-' (from Greek anti- meaning 'against') and 'modernism' (the noun form of 'modern' + '-ism'), where 'modern' comes from Latin 'modernus' derived from 'modo' meaning 'just now' or 'recently'.
'modern' comes from Latin 'modernus' (from 'modo' 'just now'); 'modernism' developed in English in the late 19th to early 20th century to name artistic/intellectual movements; the compound 'anti-modernism' formed by attaching the Greek-derived prefix 'anti-' to 'modernism' to indicate opposition.
Initially, 'modern' originally meant 'recent' or 'just now' (from Latin); 'modernism' came to denote specific artistic and cultural movements, and 'anti-modernism' developed to mean opposition to those movements or to broader processes of modernization.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
opposition to modernism in art, literature, and culture; a stance that rejects the styles, values, or aesthetics associated with modernist movements.
The movement of anti-modernism celebrated traditional crafts and rejected avant-garde modernist design.
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Noun 2
a broader ideological or political resistance to modernization, industrialization, or aspects of modern life (e.g., secularization, technological change).
His essays express anti-modernism, arguing that rapid technological change undermines community bonds.
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