hypermodernadj.
/hʌɪpəˈmɒdən/ Excessively modern; spec. in Chess, of or pertaining to the strategy, first used in the early 20th cent., of controlling the centre of the board with pieces at a distance.
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the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern > excessively modern
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fianchettoed1957
1923 Brit. Chess Mag. Sept. 338 What is claimed as hyper-modern turns out to be..respectably medieval.
1945 A. Koestler Yogi & Commissar iii. i. 127 His flair for hyper-modern avant-garde methods in Economy,..and Warfare.
1951 ‘Assiac’ Adventure in Chess ii. v. 75 This ‘hypermodern’ move has been all the rage during the last few years.
1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising xxii. 196 These extra features..add animation to the language, imparting a racy, hyper-modern image of the product.
1970 A. Sunnucks Encycl. Chess 41 An exponent of the ideas of the hypermodern school of chess.
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hyperˈmodern n.
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hypermodernist1959
1923 J. Hart tr. R. Reti Mod. Ideas in Chess v. 122 The Hyper-moderns are the greatest opponents of routine play.
hyperˈmodernist n.
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1959 B. J. Horton Dict. Mod. Chess 89/2 The long-term plan of the hypermodernist was to allow the enemy to occupy the center and then to demolish him later.
hypermoˈdernity n.
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hypermodernity1925
1925 Brit. Chess Mag. May 219 Humpeldinck's opening..may be fairly described as the dernier cri of hypermodernity, the most up-to-date of the ‘hypermodern’ openings.
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