modernism

Other forms of modernism

plural

modernisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about modernism

What does modernism mean?

modernism means "genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in modernism?

modernism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈmɑdɚˌnɪzəm/.

What is another word for modernism?

Close synonyms include modernity, modernness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is modernism a common word?

modernism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with modernism?

43 words rhyme with modernism. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.