Intelligence services in Algeria instead of spying on dangerous people they spy on modernist opponents and the oppressed.
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Modernist
Synonyms for "modernist" (91 found)
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Noun(8 words)
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filifledglingidyllistimagistjongleurlaureatelibrettistmajor poetmakermeistersingerminnesingerminor poetminstrelmodernmodern generationmodern man
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Noun(5 words)
modernizerneologismneologistneologyneonateneotericneoterismneoteristnew generationnew mannouveau richenovus homooccasional poetodistparnassianparvenupastoral poetpastoralistpoetpoet laureate
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poetressrhapsoderhapsodistrising generationsatiristscopskaldsonneteerstriplingstylistsymbolisttroubadourtrouveurtrovatoreupstartvers libristevers-libristyoung turk
Adjective(2 words)
progressive civilization modelprogressive education
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8 entriesearly modernistmodernist architecturemodernist designmodernist literaturemodernist movementmodernist paintermodernist paintingmodernist poetry
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The Studio Museum in the Harlem section of New York City is currently focusing on the years 1925-1945, the pivotal modernist period in African American Art. The exhibition, which runs through the end of March, opened as part of Black History Month activities in the United States.
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It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.
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