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What does modernism mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word modernism? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
  2. (countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
  3. Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
  4. A religious movement in the early 20th century that tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.
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And it's such a mind-bending, far-out trip that once-radical modernism comes to seem rather tame and dowdily down-to-earth.
It is a way of coming to terms with one's immediate environs, doing away with the centred and schematized practices of modernism.
I truly do believe that modernism trumps the traditional patriarchy because it is far more conducive to human happiness.
I have lately been thinking about the lasting effects of modernism and science on religious narrative.
With modernism and the avant-garde, postmodernists reject realism, mimesis, and linear forms of narrative.
Wright was committed to the practice of modern realism and radical modernism.

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