Modernistic and Oldfangled

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Modernistic adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.

Usage example: a trendy hotel with modernistic room lamps that required some figuring just to turn on

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Oldfangled is an antonym for modernistic.

Oldfangled adjective - Pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time.

Usage example: those big solid-iron phones are an oldfangled reminder of the time when you had to rent a phone from the telephone company

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Modernistic is an antonym for oldfangled.

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