anti-modern
adjective
an·ti-mod·ern
ˌan-tē-ˈmä-dərn 
nonstandard -ˈmä-d(ə-)rən,
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antimodern
: opposed to modernism or to modern beliefs and practices
But clearly what disturbs Flores more is to discover these same anti-modern tendencies gaining ground on the secular left.—
Mark Lilla
Mark Lilla… the common link among the various types of antimodern traditionalism.—Jeffrey Stout
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That title goes to the government of messianic zealots, Arab-hating nationalists and anti-modern ultra-Orthodox Israelis put together by Netanyahu to keep himself in power.
—Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
Image Beyond the far fringes, though, Kaczynski was more or less forgotten about in the post-Sept. 11 decade, as Americans obsessed over a very different kind of anti-modern radicalism.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
The amount of people rejected from the United Kingdom’s main anti-modern slavery mechanism has dramatically increased, according to a group of U.K. charities.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
His anti-modern ideology has become an instrument of soft power that is eagerly consumed by conservatives across the Orthodox world as well as by right-wing figures in Europe (such as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán).
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Yakov fit his act to the frame of Branson not through any special Cold War frisson but as an unlikely figure of anti-modern nostalgia.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
Image Beyond the far fringes, though, Kaczynski was more or less forgotten about in the post-Sept. 11 decade, as Americans obsessed over a very different kind of anti-modern radicalism.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
The amount of people rejected from the United Kingdom’s main anti-modern slavery mechanism has dramatically increased, according to a group of U.K. charities.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
His anti-modern ideology has become an instrument of soft power that is eagerly consumed by conservatives across the Orthodox world as well as by right-wing figures in Europe (such as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán).
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Yakov fit his act to the frame of Branson not through any special Cold War frisson but as an unlikely figure of anti-modern nostalgia.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Anti-modern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-modern. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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