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Modern generally denotes something that is "up-to-date", "new", or contemporary.

It may refer to:

in philosophy and sociology

• Modernity, a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies
  • Late modernity

in history

• Modern history
  • Early Modern period
  • 18th century
  • 19th century
  • 20th century
  • Contemporary history

in art

• Modernism
  • Modernist poetry
• Modern art, a form of art
• Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century
• Modern architecture, a style of architecture
• Modern music

as a proper name

• Modern (album), an album from the British punk rock band, Buzzcocks
• Modern (typeface) is a raster font packaged with Windows XP
• Another name for the typeface classification known as didone

toponymy

• Modra, a Slovak city, referred to in the German language as "Modern"

[edit] See also

• Postmodernism
• Modern Times (disambiguation)
• Modern Man (disambiguation)
• Modern age (disambiguation)

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