Ancientness and Modernity

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Ancientness noun - The state of being something old.

Usage example: the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating

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Modernity is an antonym for ancientness in oldness topic.

Modernity noun - The quality of being current or of the present.

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Ancientness is an antonym for modernity.

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Modernity and Ancientness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancientness/modernity

Ancientness & Modernity. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancientness/modernity>.

Modernity or Ancientness. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancientness/modernity.

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