ultramodernists

noun

plural of ultramodernist
as in liberals
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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  1. modernists
  2. moderns
  3. revolutionaries
Noun
  • Beyond the headline sales, the first-day results reflected the breadth of demand spanning Korean modernists, international blue-chip names, and younger contemporary artists.
    — Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Across four days and 13 concerts, Salonen threaded his contemporaries, neglected Italian modernists, Lutoslawski and Ligeti, Stravinsky with his own works into Ojai’s alfresco soundscape of birdsong, film screenings and experiments.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of modernists
Noun
  • Today, supposedly sophisticated moderns have laundered Moloch’s dark faith into militarism, imperialism, and capitalism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Tad’s subjects were the moderns.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of moderns
Noun
  • But, even then, American socialists walked a fine line—they were considered too radical for the mainstream and a mere bourgeois affectation by committed class revolutionaries.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • That’s what Robespierre and other revolutionaries taught us in 1789.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolutionaries
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