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a way of saying something that is particular to the present day; a modern speech form
- modernisms like "blog" and "life hack"
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“Modernism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernism. Accessed 13 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of modernism was in 1737
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