modernism

modernisme

Mouvements artistiques et intellectuels du vingtième siècle qui ont rompu avec les styles anciens pour explorer de nouvelles formes.

En anglais simple : Twentieth-century movements in art and thought that broke with older styles and tried new forms.

• She studies modernism in art.
• The building shows the influence of architectural modernism.
• Many writers associated with modernism experimented with the structure of novels.

Expressions courantes : literary modernism, architectural modernism, early modernism

modernisme

Idées et façons de faire propres au présent plutôt qu'au passé.

En anglais simple : Ideas and ways of doing things that belong to the present rather than the past.

• He welcomed modernism in public life.
• Her modernism clashed with the family's traditional views.
• The essay contrasts modernism with older ways of thinking.

Synonymes : modern thinking

Contraires : traditionalism

Expressions courantes : embrace modernism, reject modernism, modernism in society

modernisme

Caractéristique, expression ou pratique typique de la vie moderne.

En anglais simple : A feature, expression, or practice that is typical of modern life.

• That phrase is a modernism in an otherwise old text.
• The editor removed several modernisms from the historical dialogue.
• She disliked every modernism that entered the village's daily life.

Synonymes : modern feature

Contraires : archaism

Expressions courantes : a modernism, linguistic modernism

modernisme catholique

Mouvement religieux cherchant à rapprocher l'enseignement catholique de la science et de la pensée modernes.

En anglais simple : A religious movement seeking to connect Catholic teaching with modern science and thought.

• The priest supported Catholic modernism.
• Church leaders condemned modernism in the early twentieth century.
• Her research explores how modernism challenged traditional Catholic teaching.

Expressions courantes : Catholic modernism, condemn modernism, religious modernism