Modernism refers to a revolutionary cultural movement that began around 1900 across multiple fields including philosophy, art, music, dance, literature, and architecture. The word "modern" derives from the Latin word "modo" meaning "in a certain manner" and has undergone changes in definition over the past four centuries. Modern can now refer to things relating to recent or present times, characteristic of recent times, or developed using advanced styles or technologies. In linguistics, "modern" describes current living languages.
2. The word "modern" in English
is derived from the
Latin word "modo," meaning
"in a certain manner."
The definition of the English word
"modern" has undergone a
number of changes over the past
four centuries since it was
introduced in 1585.
3. The current uses of the word
“modern” include the following
definitions:
1. a. Of or relating to recent times or
the present (such as
modern history.)
b. Characteristic or expressive of
recent times or the present;
contemporary or up-to-date (such as
a modern lifestyle, or a
modern way of thinking.)
4. Other definitions of “modern” include:
2. a. Of or relating to a recently developed
or advanced style, technique, or
technology (such as modern art
or modern medicine.)
b. Avant-garde; experimental.
3. In Linguistics, the word "modern" is
used to describe a living, or current
language or group of languages
(such as Modern Italian or
Modern Romance languages.)
5. The word “modern” is used to describe a
revolutionary movement in philosophy, art,
music, dance, literature, architecture and
many other areas of cultural life that began
to take place approximately in 1900.
Originally, the word “avant-garde” was used
to describe the new type of music. But later
on historians used the term “modern
music” in order to align the
new musical values with those of the
worlds of modern art, literature and
philosophy.
