modernity's
Current age's quality
Modernity's is the possessive form of modernity—the quality or condition of being modern.
Modernity refers to the present era and its characteristic features: industrialization, technological progress, secular values, and rapid change.
The possessive typically attributes something to this condition: modernity's discontents, modernity's promise of progress, modernity's impact on traditional cultures.
Principles held worthwhile
- ethosCollective moral character
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- sensibilityRefined emotional responsiveness
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
attitudes · worldview · mindset · outlook · cosmopolitanism · secularism · pluralism · individualism
New methods or devices
- machinesDevices that perform tasks
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- automationSelf-operating system design
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
industrialization · mechanization · infrastructure · telecommunications · transportation · urbanization · factories · railways
Detailed evaluative analysis
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- conditionState or stipulation
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- promiseCommitment to act
contradictions · paradox · ambivalence · dialectic · rupture · crisis · malaise · discontents
Distinct historical period
- ageDuration of existence
- epochDistinct historical period
- centuryHundred-year span
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
contemporary · present · now · today · current · recent · twentieth-century · postwar
Constructed enclosed structures
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- concreteSolid building mixture
Bauhaus · minimalism · functionalism · towers · facades · lines · forms · geometry
values
Principles held worthwhile
- ethosCollective moral character
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- sensibilityRefined emotional responsiveness
aesthetics · attitudes · worldview · mindset · outlook · cosmopolitanism · secularism · pluralism · individualism · liberalism
innovations
New methods or devices
- machinesDevices that perform tasks
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- automationSelf-operating system design
digitization · industrialization · mechanization · infrastructure · telecommunications · transportation · urbanization · factories · railways · automobiles
critique
Detailed evaluative analysis
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- conditionState or stipulation
- projectPlanned, effortful task
promise · contradictions · paradox · ambivalence · dialectic · rupture · crisis · malaise · discontents · legacy
era
Distinct historical period
period · contemporary · present · now · today · current · recent · twentieth-century · postwar · millennium
buildings
Constructed enclosed structures
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
concrete · Bauhaus · minimalism · functionalism · towers · facades · lines · forms · geometry · structures