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'''Modern''' generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends. | '''Modern''' generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends. |
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Modern generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends.
- Modern Times
- Modern Age (periodical), an American conservative publication
- Modern Art, a form of art.
- Modern architecture, a style of architecture
- Modernity, a very loosely defined time period from late 19th to early 20th century
- Late Modernity
- Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century
- Modern literature
- Modernist poetry
- Modernism
- Postmodernism
- Modern music
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