anti-modernist
adjective
an·ti-mod·ern·ist
| \ ˌan-tē-ˈmä-dər-nist
, ˌan-tī-\
, ˌan-tī-\
variants:
or less commonly antimodernist
Definition of anti-modernist
: opposed to the values of modernism or modernity
… mixture of nativist ideology, anti-modernist sentiment, political isolationism, and frankly stated racialism …— Hilton Kramer Prohibition, like nativism and antisemitism, tapped into deeply rooted antimodernist trends in American life; it attempted to turn back the cultural clock …— Jonathan D. Sarna
Other Words from anti-modernist
anti-modernist
or less commonly antimodernist
noun
The antimodernists prevailed, perhaps fortunately, given the deplorable standards of new French architecture.
— Gerald Clarke
anti-modernism
or less commonly antimodernism \ ˌan-tē-ˈmä-dər-ni-zəm
, ˌan-tī- \
noun
, ˌan-tī- \
noun
This left-wing anti-modernism is interesting or not, depending on your point of view.
— Stephen Holmes
Rather than assume the postmodern position, he has been willing to take up a very sophisticated stance of antimodernism.
— Thomas Bender
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