noun · academic
modernity
UK/məˈdɜːnɪti/US/məˈdɜːrnɪti/mo·DER·ni·ty
the condition or quality of being modern; features of contemporary society or culture
Examples
“The novel explores tensions between tradition and modernity.”
“Urban planners debate how modernity affects community life.”
“Some people fear that modernity erodes cultural identity.”
Band 8 sentence
“Debates about modernity often centre on whether technological progress improves or diminishes communal bonds.”
Collocations
- aspects of modernity
- embrace modernity
- tensions between tradition and modernity
Word family
Common mistakes
There are many modernities in urban life.→There are many aspects of modernity in urban life.
Modernity is good for society because it make life easier.→Modernity is good for society because it makes life easier.
Say it for a higher band
5newness→6modern→7+modernity
Synonyms
modernism
Easily confused
modernism
“The exhibition focused on modernism in twentieth-century painting.”
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In -ity
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