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

… the common link among the various types of antimodern traditionalism.

—Jeffrey Stout

Examples of anti-modern in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above