modernity

Modernität

Die Eigenschaft, zur heutigen Zeit zu passen oder einen neuen Stil zu haben.

In einfachem Englisch: The quality of belonging to the present time or having a new style.

• The building has a feeling of modernity.
• Her designs combine tradition with modernity.
• The clean lines give the room an air of modernity.

Häufige Wendungen: architectural modernity, striking modernity, sense of modernity

Moderne, Neuzeit

Der geschichtliche Zeitraum nahe der Gegenwart mit seinen Lebensweisen und Denkweisen.

In einfachem Englisch: The period of history near the present, with its ways of living and thinking.

• The book describes everyday life in modernity.
• Industrial growth brought the country into modernity.
• She studies the transition from medieval society to modernity.

Synonyme: modern times, modern age

Häufige Wendungen: age of modernity, enter modernity, late modernity

Modernität

Die Eigenschaft, zu der Epoche zu gehören, die Historiker als Neuzeit bezeichnen.

In einfachem Englisch: The quality of belonging to the period historians call the modern age.

• Historians disagree about the modernity of these institutions.
• The study questions the modernity of early trading networks.
• These reforms are often cited as evidence of the kingdom’s modernity.

Häufige Wendungen: historical modernity, early modernity