modernist

Connected with movements in art, writing, or design that broke with older traditions.

• She likes modernist art.
• The library is a fine example of modernist architecture.
• We studied modernist novels that experiment with time and memory.

Common phrases: modernist art, modernist architecture, modernist poetry

Using scientific knowledge and unusual methods to create new kinds of food.

• The restaurant serves modernist cuisine.
• She uses modernist techniques to make fruit foam.
• Modernist cooking can turn familiar ingredients into surprising dishes.

Common phrases: modernist cuisine, modernist cooking, modernist techniques

Someone who supports movements in art, writing, or thought that break with older traditions.

• The architect was a modernist.
• Several modernists challenged traditional ways of writing novels.
• As a modernist, she welcomed experiments in painting.

Common phrases: a leading modernist, modernist writer, committed modernist