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   mod·ern·ism

   /ˈmädərnˌiz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique: "when he waxes philosophical, he comes across as a strange mix of nostalgia and modernism"
   • ▪ a style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms: "by the post-war period, modernism had become part of art history"
   • ▪ a movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas, especially in the Roman Catholic Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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