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Religious Terms Dictionary

modern

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "modern", "results": [{"examples": ["their offices are in a modern skyscraper", "tables in modernistic designs"], "synonyms": ["mod", "modernistic"], "similarTo": ["fashionable", "stylish"], "definition": "relating to a recently developed fashion or style", "derivation": ["modernity", "modernness"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"synonyms": ["new"], "similarTo": ["late"], "definition": "used of a living language; being the current stage in its development", "derivation": ["modernness"], "inCategory": ["linguistics"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"synonyms": ["advanced", "forward-looking", "innovative"], "similarTo": ["progressive"], "definition": "ahead of the times", "derivation": ["modernity"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"typeOf": ["proportional font"], "antonyms": ["old style"], "synonyms": ["bodoni", "bodoni font", "modern font"], "definition": "a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["someone", "soul", "individual", "mortal", "person", "somebody"], "definition": "a contemporary person", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"also": ["new", "current", "late"], "antonyms": ["nonmodern"], "examples": ["modern art", "modern furniture", "modern history", "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"], "attribute": ["contemporaneity", "contemporaneousness", "modernism", "modernity", "modernness"], "similarTo": ["red-brick", "ultramodern", "modern-day", "moderne", "neo", "contemporary", "redbrick"], "definition": "belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages", "derivation": ["modernity"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"similarTo": ["nonclassical"], "definition": "characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture", "derivation": ["modernness", "modernity"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 4.45, "syllables": {"list": ["mod", "ern"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'mɑdərn"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

modernise

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "modernise", "results": [{"typeOf": ["regenerate", "renew"], "entails": ["fix", "furbish up", "mend", "touch on", "bushel", "doctor", "repair", "restore"], "hasTypes": ["retrofit"], "synonyms": ["modernize", "overhaul"], "definition": "make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["change"], "synonyms": ["develop", "modernize"], "verbGroup": ["develop", "build up"], "definition": "become technologically advanced", "derivation": ["modernisation"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 1.97, "syllables": {"list": ["mod", "ern", "ise"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'mɑdər,naɪz"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

modernistic

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "modernistic", "results": [{"examples": ["tables in modernistic designs"], "synonyms": ["mod", "modern"], "similarTo": ["fashionable", "stylish"], "definition": "relating to a recently developed fashion or style", "derivation": ["modernism"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 1.6, "syllables": {"list": ["mod", "ern", "ist", "ic"], "count": 4}, "pronunciation": {"all": ",mɑdər'nɪstɪk"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

modernity

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "modernity", "results": [{"typeOf": ["currency", "currentness", "up-to-dateness"], "examples": ["a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"], "synonyms": ["contemporaneity", "contemporaneousness", "modernism", "modernness"], "attribute": ["modern"], "definition": "the quality of being current or of the present", "derivation": ["modern"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 2.45, "syllables": {"list": ["mo", "der", "ni", "ty"], "count": 4}, "pronunciation": {"all": "mɑ'dɜrnɪti"}}
Religious Terms Dictionary

modernize

(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "modernize", "results": [{"typeOf": ["regenerate", "renew"], "entails": ["fix", "furbish up", "mend", "touch on", "bushel", "doctor", "repair", "restore"], "hasTypes": ["retrofit"], "synonyms": ["modernise", "overhaul"], "definition": "make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["change"], "synonyms": ["develop", "modernise"], "verbGroup": ["develop", "build up"], "definition": "become technologically advanced", "derivation": ["modernization"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 2.3, "syllables": {"list": ["mod", "ern", "ize"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'mɑdər,naɪz"}}