Modern and Modernist

Modern

Modern noun - A person with very modern ideas.
Usage example: the leaders of the American suffragists were originally regarded by many people as uppity moderns who should have stayed in their place

Modernist and modern are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Modernist" instead a noun "Modern".

Modernist

Modernist noun - A person with very modern ideas.
Usage example: a time when Paris was the center of the universe for modernists in the art world

Modern and modernist are semantically related. You can use "Modern" instead a noun "Modernist".

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