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
Progressive and modernist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progressive" instead a noun "Modernist".
Progressive
Progressive noun - A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.
Modernist and progressive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Modernist" instead a noun "Progressive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- original and modernist
- original and progressive
- liberal and modernist
- liberal and progressive
- new and modernist
- new and progressive
- experimental and modernist
- experimental and progressive
- radical and modernist
- radical and progressive
- revolutionary and modernist
- revolutionary and progressive
- extremist and modernist
- extremist and progressive
Both words in one sentence
- Likewise, The Weimar Republic is invoked for its progressive values, caberet culture, modernist literature and theatre, architecture and German Expressionism in film.
Source: Glory Days
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