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单词 premodern
释义

premodern

adjective

pre·​mod·​ern ˌprē-ˈmä-dərn How to pronounce premodern (audio)
 nonstandard  -ˈmä-d(ə-)rən
variants or pre-modern
1
: of, relating to, originating in, or being an era before a modern one
premodern societies/beliefs
the pre-modern world
in premodern times
… still living in huts and using pre-modern agricultural methods 150 years after the invention of the steam engine. Jo Ann Skousen
2
or pre-Modern : of, relating to, characterized by, or being any of the artistic and literary practices and philosophies that preceded those of modernism see modernism sense 3
pre-Modern architecture
a pre-Modern artist/writer
… following pre-modern conventions of pictorial composition, the artist combines several distinct vignettes within a single picture frame … Benjamin Schmidt

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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