moderns

noun

plural of modern
as in liberals
a person with very modern ideas the leaders of the American suffragists were originally regarded by many people as uppity moderns who should have stayed in their place

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Recent Examples of moderns Today, supposedly sophisticated moderns have laundered Moloch’s dark faith into militarism, imperialism, and capitalism. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 Tad’s subjects were the moderns. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderns
  1. modernists
  2. revolutionaries
Noun
  • Beyond the headline sales, the first-day results reflected the breadth of demand spanning Korean modernists, international blue-chip names, and younger contemporary artists.
    — Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Across four days and 13 concerts, Salonen threaded his contemporaries, neglected Italian modernists, Lutoslawski and Ligeti, Stravinsky with his own works into Ojai’s alfresco soundscape of birdsong, film screenings and experiments.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
Definition of modernists
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  • But unlike other Floridians of Cuban descent — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio — Valdes ended up defending Cuba’s socialist revolutionaries and officials who have killed, jailed, tortured, and censored numerous political enemies.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In the Tenth Arrondissement of Paris, near the Canal Saint-Martin, a mural appeared, seemingly overnight, depicting the lycéens as heroic revolutionaries in a style that seemed equal parts Delacroix and Dragon Ball.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolutionaries

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“Moderns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderns. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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