Modernism
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc. Anything that is characteristic of modernity. any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century a religious movement in the early 20th century that tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy
Example sentence: I haven't changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it... It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity; it means clarity. That's what modernism means to me.
Modernity
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the quality of being modern or contemporary.modern times.
Example sentence: The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.