adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of modernism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
modernist
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adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to the culinary arts of molecular gastronomy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 3
A follower or proponent of modernism.
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noun
Meaning 4
an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: artist, creative person
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English modern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English modernist From modern + -ist.
Ellipsis of Modernist Cuisine, a book on molecular gastronomy.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: modernista — relating to modernism
- Catalan: modernista — relating to modernism
- Chinese Mandarin: 後現代主義的 /后现代主义的 (xiàndàizhǔyì de) — relating to modernism
- Dutch: modernistisch — relating to modernism
- Esperanto: modernisma — relating to modernism
- Finnish: modernistinen — relating to modernism
- French: moderniste — relating to modernism
- Galician: modernista — relating to modernism
- Greek: μοντερνιστικός (monternistikós) — relating to modernism
- Greek: νεωτερικός (neoterikós) — relating to modernism
- Hindi: आधुनिकतावादी (ādhuniktāvādī) — relating to modernism
- Māori: angahou — relating to modernism
- Norman: modèrniste — relating to modernism
- Polish: modernistyczny — relating to modernism
- Spanish: modernista — relating to modernism
- Yiddish: מאָדערניסטיש (modernistish) — relating to modernism
- Asturian: modernista — follower of modernism
- Catalan: modernista — follower of modernism
- Chinese Mandarin: 現代主義者 /现代主义者 (xiàndàizhǔyìzhě) — follower of modernism
- Finnish: modernisti — follower of modernism
- French: moderniste — follower of modernism
- Galician: modernista — follower of modernism
- Greek: μοντερνιστής (monternistís) — follower of modernism
- Greek: νεωτεριστής (neoteristís) — follower of modernism
- Hindi: आधुनिकतावादी (ādhuniktāvādī) — follower of modernism
- Latin: modernista — follower of modernism
- Norman: modèrniste — follower of modernism
- Polish: modernista — follower of modernism
- Polish: modernistka — follower of modernism
- Spanish: modernista — follower of modernism
- Yiddish: מאָדערניסט (modernist) — follower of modernism
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