1737, "deviation from the ancient and classical manner" [Johnson, who calls it "a word invented by Swift"], from modern + -ism. From 1830 as "modern ways and styles." Used in theology since 1901. As a movement in the arts (away from classical or traditional modes), from 1929.
实用例句
1. He was forcing the State to enthrone a particular brand of modernism.
他正迫使政府推崇一种现代主义。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Modernism was the characteristic expression of the experience of modernity.
现代主义是现代经验的典型表现.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Held straddles Modernism and Post - Modernism.
赫尔德兼备现代主义和后现代主义.
来自百科语句
4. Modernism became a conscious program and strategy more than a century ago.
现代主义在一个多世纪前就形成了有意识的安排和策略.
来自互联网
5. As an outstanding representative of modernism, James Joyce has drawn wide attention.
