modernity

modernidad

Cualidad de algo que pertenece al presente o tiene un estilo nuevo.

En inglés sencillo: The quality of belonging to the present time or having a new style.

• The building has a feeling of modernity.
• Her designs combine tradition with modernity.
• The clean lines give the room an air of modernity.

Expresiones frecuentes: architectural modernity, striking modernity, sense of modernity

época moderna, modernidad

Período histórico cercano al presente, con sus formas de vivir y pensar.

En inglés sencillo: The period of history near the present, with its ways of living and thinking.

• The book describes everyday life in modernity.
• Industrial growth brought the country into modernity.
• She studies the transition from medieval society to modernity.

Sinónimos: modern times, modern age

Expresiones frecuentes: age of modernity, enter modernity, late modernity

modernidad

Cualidad de lo que pertenece al período que los historiadores llaman Edad Moderna.

En inglés sencillo: The quality of belonging to the period historians call the modern age.

• Historians disagree about the modernity of these institutions.
• The study questions the modernity of early trading networks.
• These reforms are often cited as evidence of the kingdom’s modernity.

Expresiones frecuentes: historical modernity, early modernity