modernity

modernité

Qualité de ce qui appartient au présent ou présente un style nouveau.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : architectural modernity, striking modernity, sense of modernity

époque moderne, modernité

Période historique proche du présent, avec ses façons de vivre et de penser.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : modern times, modern age

Expressions courantes : age of modernity, enter modernity, late modernity

modernité

Caractère de ce qui appartient à la période que les historiens appellent l’époque moderne.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : historical modernity, early modernity