Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.
Source: tatoeba (376853)
Modernity
//məˈdɜːnɪti//
Synonyms for "modernity" (11 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (5)
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4 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- moderniteit noun (quality of being modern)
Arabic
1 entries- حَدَاثَة noun (quality of being modern)
Belarusian
4 entries- навача́снасць noun (quality of being modern)
- навача́снасьць noun (quality of being modern)
- суча́снасць noun (quality of being modern)
- суча́снасць noun (modern times)
Bulgarian
2 entries- моде́рност noun (quality of being modern)
- съвреме́нност noun (modern times)
Catalan
1 entries- modernitat noun (quality of being modern)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 現代性 /现代性 noun (quality of being modern)
Czech
1 entries- modernost noun (quality of being modern)
Danish
1 entries- modernitet noun (quality of being modern)
Dutch
1 entries- moderniteit noun (quality of being modern)
Finnish
4 entries- modernius noun (quality of being modern)
- modernius noun (quality of the modern historical period)
- nykyaika noun (modern times)
- nykyaikaisuus noun (quality of being modern)
French
1 entries- modernité noun (quality of being modern)
Galician
1 entries- modernidade noun (quality of being modern)
German
1 entries- Modernität noun (quality of being modern)
Greek
2 entries- νεωτερικότητα noun (quality of being modern)
- νεωτερικότητα noun (modern times)
Hindi
2 entries- आधुनिक noun (modern times)
- आधुनिकता noun (quality of being modern)
Icelandic
1 entries- nútími noun (modern times)
Indonesian
2 entries- kemodernan noun (quality of being modern)
- modernitas noun (quality of being modern)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- مُدِرْنیتِه noun (quality of being modern)
Irish
3 entries- nua-aimsearthacht noun (quality of being modern)
- nua-aois noun (modern times)
- nua-aoiseacht noun (quality of being modern)
Japanese
3 entries- モダニティー noun (quality of being modern)
- 現代性 noun (quality of being modern)
- 近代性 noun (quality of being modern)
Korean
2 entries- 근대성 noun (quality of being modern)
- 현대성 noun (quality of being modern)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Modernitéit noun (quality of being modern)
Macedonian
3 entries- мо́дерност noun (quality of being modern)
- совре́меност noun (quality of being modern)
- совре́мие noun (modern times)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആധുനികത noun (quality of being modern)
Polish
2 entries- nowoczesność noun (quality of being modern)
- nowożytność noun (modern times)
Portuguese
1 entries- modernidade noun (quality of being modern)
Russian
2 entries- совреме́нность noun (quality of being modern)
- совреме́нность noun (modern times)
Spanish
1 entries- modernidad noun (quality of being modern)
Swedish
3 entries- modernitet noun (quality of being modern)
- modernitet noun (modern times)
- modernitet noun (quality of the modern historical period)
Ukrainian
2 entries- суча́сність noun (quality of being modern)
- суча́сність noun (modern times)
Welsh
2 entries- moderneiddiwch noun (quality of being modern)
- modernrwydd noun (quality of being modern)
West-Frisian
1 entries- moderniteit noun (quality of being modern)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We must reject any forms of fundamentalism, or racism, or a belief in ethnic superiority that makes our traditional identities irreconcilable with modernity. Instead we need to embrace the tolerance that results from respect of all human beings.
Source: tatoeba (5774044)
Although Wright’s designs are up to a century old, they retain an air of modernity.
Source: tatoeba (8110435)
The nation state is a product of modernity.
Source: tatoeba (9075254)
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