Associations to the word «Modernity»

Wiktionary

MODERNITY, noun. The quality of being modern or contemporary.
MODERNITY, noun. Modern times.
MODERNITY, noun. (history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

Dictionary definition

MODERNITY, noun. The quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats