ULTRAMODERNIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

ultramodernist

noun

Definition of ultramodernist

as in liberal

a person with very modern ideas an ultramodernist in interior decoration, she freely uses materials that are recognizably man-made to achieve a look that enthusiastically embraces the 21st century

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Noun

McCready, a liberal who has advocated all things ObamaCare and former President Obama, started out quite well.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Collin is a French liberal, a believer in the celebratory triad of liberté, égalité, fraternité.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of liberal

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Hauser & Wirth is betting on the fast-rising young painter George Rouy, whom the gallery is showing alongside Lee Bul, who represented Korea in the 1999 Venice Biennale, and Swiss modernist Hans Arp.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
The modernist, mechanistic view of the world where humans are separate and death is the end doesn’t hold true to my experience.

— Casper ter Kuile, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of modernist

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Between these spaces exists a world balanced on the edge of the modern and the primitive, the high-tech and the rural, the corporeal and the mythic.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
One partner may love mid-century modern while the other leans farmhouse, but there is almost always a middle path that borrows from both.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

Definition of modern

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Exiled revolutionaries needed somewhere to go, as did poorer residents who were hoping the revolution would improve conditions.

— Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The series follows an exiled revolutionary forced to return to Uruguay and confront his past.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of revolutionary

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