Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Having characteristics of past times; not modern.
- n. One who is not modern.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time. Opposite of
modern .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time
Etymologies
- non- + modern (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In turn, this makes possible a more decisive break with modernity: "What the new archives, geographies, and practices of different historical cosmopolitanisms might reveal is precisely a cultural illogic for modernity that makes perfectly good nonmodern sense”
“Going back to apply it to a nonwhite, nonmodern culture is inherently racist as well as inaccurate.”
“Or a baseline of less than 100 years of fiat money plus a few adventurous years earlier, but in nonmodern economies?”
This Changes Nothing, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“These are puzzling artifacts to be found with a nonmodern human species.”
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