modernistic

English

Etymology

modern +‎ -istic

Adjective

modernistic (comparative more modernistic, superlative most modernistic)

1. In modern style.

   The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.

   • 1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Tamworth to be rebuilt”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 644–645:

     The buildings now being demolished are said to date back to the opening of the Trent Valley line in 1846. They will be replaced by modernistic structures, including a fully mechanised booking office, which will be concentrated mainly on the Low Level down platforms, [...].

Derived terms

• modernistically

Translations

modernistic

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: modernistisk

  Nynorsk: modernistisk

• Swedish: modernistisk (sv)

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