contemporary era
The modern age
The contemporary era is the current period of history, typically understood as beginning in the mid-to-late 20th century and continuing to the present.
The exact starting point varies by context—some date it from World War II, others from the digital revolution or the fall of the Soviet Union.
Contemporary era art reflects globalization and technological change.
The term distinguishes our time from the modern era that preceded it.
- modernityBeing of present times
- late capitalismMature market-dominated era
- diversityState of varied elements
- AnthropoceneProposed human-impact epoch
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
climate anxiety · inclusivity · artificial intelligence · globalization · postmodernism · inequality · gig economy · gig worker · side hustle · migration · digital revolution · neoliberalism · sustainability · 21st century · pandemics · urbanization · social media · viral moment
- erasera, epoch, age, bronze age, period
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- literary periodsRenaissance, medieval, Victorian, modern, ancient
- Spanish LiteratureDon Quixote, Don Quijote, Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, El Cid
contemporary eraantiquity
Great age, ancient era
ancient times · prehistoric era · distant past · classical antiquity · olden days
contemporary eraStone Age
Era of knapped tools
prehistoric age · Bronze Age · Iron Age · Dark Ages · Neolithic period
contemporary eraancient period
Era of early history
classical antiquity · medieval period · Middle Ages · ancient era
contemporary, contemporaries, contemporaneous, contemporaneously, temporal, temporally, temporary, temporarily, tempo