modernity

Questions about modernity

What does modernity mean?

modernity means "the quality of being current or of the present".

How many syllables are in modernity?

modernity has 4 syllables: mo-der-ni-ty. The stress falls on "der". In IPA it is /mɑˈdɝnəti/.

What is another word for modernity?

Close synonyms include modernness, modernism, 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 modernity a common word?

modernity 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.