Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antimodernity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-moder-ni-ty
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Opposition to modernity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The knowledge that Stewart suggests is therefore not simply the remnant of an irrational antimodernity (as Horkheimer and Adorno would suggest) nor is it a linear return to an indigenous belief system that is premodern."

Etymology

From anti- + modernity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does antimodernity mean?: Opposition to modernity.
Where does antimodernity come from?: From anti- + modernity.

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