# modernism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,523

## Definitions
1. Modern or contemporary ideas, thought, practices, etc.
2. Anything that is characteristic of modernity.
3. Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.
4. 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.

## Etymology
From modern + -ism.

## Easily confused with
- **modernity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modernism-vs-modernity)
- **modernist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modernism-vs-modernist)
- **modernize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modernism-vs-modernize)
- **modernised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modernised-vs-modernism)

## Common misspellings (14)
`mdoernism`, `mmodernism`, `moddernism`, `modenrism`, `moderinsm`, `modernims`, `modernismm`, `modernissm`, `modernnism`, `modernsim`, `moderrnism`, `modrenism`, `moedrnism`, `omdernism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/modernism