Synonyms of modernity

modernity

noun

as in freshness

Related Words

• freshness
• currency
• modernness
• novelty
• newness
• recentness
• currentness

Dissimilar Words

• antiquity
• ancientness
• age
• agedness
• hoariness
• obsolescence
• obsoleteness
• datedness
• antiquation
• fustiness
• old-fashionedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of modernity

Between Prussian and Parisian lies a permanent argument of our moral modernity, unresolved and probably unresolvable. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

This mix of modernity and tradition works well, both inside and out, where a stroll around the ground’s perimeter switches quickly from feeling gloriously old-school to being brought right up to date. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, an electric color palette of zingy greens, bold reds, and Prussian blues–touched off with plenty of black accents–amplifies the property’s wildly original juxtaposition of antiquity and modernity. — Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

For many Muslim reformers, Japan represented a non-Western model of modernity. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026