demodernize
Strip contemporary features
To demodernize is to strip away modern elements or revert something to an earlier, less developed state.
The word usually implies deliberate removal of contemporary technology, infrastructure, or practices: The war demodernized the country's electrical grid.
It can also describe ideological rejection of modernity: Some communities have chosen to demodernize their way of life.
Remove unnecessary elements
- declutterRemove unnecessary items
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- analogComparable equivalent
unplug · disconnect · low-tech · off-grid · handmade · artisanal · manual · hand-powered
Revert to earlier state
- retrogressDecline to prior condition
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- undoReverse a prior action
- reverseTurn to opposite
return · rollback · throwback · restore · revive · resurrect · reclaim · retreat
Quality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- obsoleteNo longer in use
outmoded · quaint · period · Victorian · Edwardian · preindustrial · horse-and-buggy · gaslight
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ancestryFamily line of descent
old-fashioned · conventional · orthodox · ancestral · time-honored · classical · agrarian · pastoral
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
analog · unplug · disconnect · low-tech · off-grid · handmade · artisanal · manual · hand-powered · unplugged
regress
Revert to earlier state
- retrogressDecline to prior condition
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- undoReverse a prior action
reverse · return · rollback · throwback · restore · revive · resurrect · reclaim · retreat · withdraw
vintage
Quality from past eras
obsolete · outmoded · quaint · period · Victorian · Edwardian · preindustrial · horse-and-buggy · gaslight · bygone
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
ancestry · old-fashioned · conventional · orthodox · ancestral · time-honored · classical · agrarian · pastoral · rustic
demodernizemodernize
Make contemporary
update · renovate · upgrade · contemporize · bring up to date
modern, modernize, modernization, modernism, modernist, postmodern, postmodernism, premodern, unmodern