Modernist vs. Modernism — What's the Difference?

Modern thought, character, or practice.

Modernism is both a philosophical movement and an art movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, and social organization which reflected the newly emerging industrial world, including features such as urbanization, new technologies, and war.

Sympathy with or conformity to modern ideas, practices, or standards.

Modern thought, character, or practice.

A peculiarity of usage or style, as of a word or phrase, that is characteristic of modern times.

Sympathy with or conformity to modern ideas, practices, or standards.

Often Modernism The deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the 1900s.

A peculiarity of usage or style, as of a word or phrase, that is characteristic of modern times.

Often Modernism A Roman Catholic movement, officially condemned in 1907, that attempted to examine traditional belief according to contemporary philosophy, criticism, and historiography.

Often Modernism The deliberate departure from tradition and the use of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the 1900s.

Of, or relating to modernism.

Often Modernism A Roman Catholic movement, officially condemned in 1907, that attempted to examine traditional belief according to contemporary philosophy, criticism, and historiography.

(gastronomy) Pertaining to the culinary arts of molecular gastronomy

(uncountable) Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.

A follower or proponent of modernism.

(countable) Anything that is characteristic of modernity.

One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.

Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.

An advocate of the teaching of modern subjects, as modern languages, in preference to the ancient classics.

A religious movement in the early 20th century, condemned as heretical by Pope Pius X, which tried to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with modern science and philosophy.

An artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles

Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

Of or relating to modernism;

Certain methods and tendencies which, in Biblical questions, apologetics, and the theory of dogma, in the endeavor to reconcile the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church with the conclusions of modern science, replace the authority of the church by purely subjective criteria; - so called officially by Pope Pius X.

Genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

The quality of being current or of the present;

Practices typical of contemporary life or thought