Usually means: Rejection of tradition; embrace innovation.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word modernism:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. modernism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. modernism: Merriam-Webster
  3. modernism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. modernism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. modernism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. modernism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Modernism, modernism: Wordnik
  8. modernism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. modernism: Wiktionary
  10. modernism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. modernism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. modernism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Modernism, modernism: Dictionary.com
  14. modernism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Modernism (Islam in Indonesia), Modernism (Roman Catholicism), Modernism (architecture), Modernism (art), Modernism (disambiguation), Modernism (music), Modernism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Modernism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. modernism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. modernism: Rhymezone
  19. Modernism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. modernism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. modernism: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. modernism: FreeDictionary.org
  23. modernism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. modernism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Modernism, modernism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. The Ism Book (No longer online)
  3. Modernism: art glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modernism: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Modernism (art), Modernism: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Modernism: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modernism: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See modernisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
noun:  (countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
noun:  Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
noun:  A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.

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