Explore Modernism through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like genre or practice. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Modernism meaning
- Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
- Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
- Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
Synonyms of Modernism
Using Modernism
- The main meaning on this page is: Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc. | Anything that is characteristic of modernity. | Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
- Useful related words include: genre, practice, up-to-dateness, currency.
- In the example corpus, modernism often appears in combinations such as: of modernism, modernism in, modernism and.
Context around Modernism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Modernism
- In this selection, "modernism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, european, post, viennese, cold, reductive and vienna stand out and add context to how "modernism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include academy second modernism this year and and european modernism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "modernism" sits close to words such as arran, bronson and carefree, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with modernism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
African sculpture has been central to modernism. (7 words)
He found Modernism cold and post–Modernism reductive. (8 words)
TWA embraced modernism with its terminals designed by in New York. (11 words)
In 1905, Nathan bought an in the center of Paris to house Wildenstein & Co. He expanded into Renaissance art and Impressionism and, when his son, Georges — Daniel’s father — was old enough to join the business, a bit of Modernism. (40 words)
An enlightening buildup to Viennese modernism"Vienna on the Path to Modernism" at The National Museum of Art, Osaka, is essentially an illustrated history of sociopolitical developments leading to the city flourishing as one of the world's gr. (39 words)
Conversation flows interchangeably between the personal, their work, their love of surrealism and modernism, the support of family, and the south coast artistic communities of Bexhill-on-Sea, St Leonards-on-Sea, Eastbourne and Hastings. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
He found Modernism cold and post–Modernism reductive.
An enlightening buildup to Viennese modernism"Vienna on the Path to Modernism" at The National Museum of Art, Osaka, is essentially an illustrated history of sociopolitical developments leading to the city flourishing as one of the world's gr.
He once said: "The talk about modernism versus post-modernism is unimportant.
Architects, more than any other creatives, have actively worked toward utopia in their professional work, since modernism came on the scene.
He specialises in twentieth century art and has published on various aspects of British and European modernism.
He taught us Indian architects about modernism, and I worked closely with him for 10 years,” said Shivdatt.
In 1905, Nathan bought an in the center of Paris to house Wildenstein & Co. He expanded into Renaissance art and Impressionism and, when his son, Georges — Daniel’s father — was old enough to join the business, a bit of Modernism.
Key themes in this year's selection of works include personal identity, environmental engagement and traditional European modernism.
Lynch describes himself in the documentary as a ‘fellow traveller’ with the artists featured, and that’s probably a good characterization of his relationship with these various representatives of European Modernism, surrealism included.
Recognised as a poet whose work represented the quintessential American life, his poetry combined elements of romanticism and modernism in theme and style.
The fact that industry inspired architects is well known: American grain elevators informed the development of the modern “international style” via Bauhaus giant Walter Gropius and father-of-modernism Le Corbusier.
A Guide to Modernism in Metroland by Joshua Abbott gets the thumbs up.
Conversation flows interchangeably between the personal, their work, their love of surrealism and modernism, the support of family, and the south coast artistic communities of Bexhill-on-Sea, St Leonards-on-Sea, Eastbourne and Hastings.
El-Turk is one of the 10 composers joining the Academy Second Modernism this year.
Maybe midcentury modernism, with its massive windows, angular roofs, and expensive upkeep, was always a poor fit for affordable suburban living.
Today, The Downtown Gallery is still known as one of the birthplaces of American Modernism.
TWA embraced modernism with its terminals designed by in New York.
African sculpture has been central to modernism.
After graduating from Vassar College in 1926, she discovered modernism on a European tour.
As the result of poetry is failure, so the reward of the practice of modernism in any of the arts, which I guess he espouses as writer and film-maker, is loneliness.
Common combinations with modernism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of modernism 34×
- modernism in 16×
- modernism and 12×
- and modernism 8×
- to modernism 6×
- modernism with 5×
- european modernism 4×
- modernism as 4×
- modernism at 3×
- modernism the 3×