See Also: modernist(dictionary)

modernist (iou)



modernist noun & adjective. L16.
[from MODERN adjective + -IST.]
A. noun.
A person who lives in modern times. Only in L16.
A supporter or follower of modern ways or methods; an adherent of modernism. E18.
spec.
a. Theology. A supporter or advocate of theological modernism. E20.
b. An artist, architect, writer, etc., whose work is characterized by modernism. E20.
c. A person who plays or appreciates modern jazz. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of modernists or modernism. M19.
moder'nistic adjective of, pertaining to, or suggestive of modernism or modernists; having affinity for what is modern: E20.
moder'nistically adverb L20.