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modernist

noun

  1. practitioner of modernism
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adjective

  1. pertaining to modernism
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Ellipsis of Modernist Cuisine, a book on molecular gastronomy.

  1. Pertaining to the culinary arts of molecular gastronomy.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English modern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English modernist From modern + -ist.

  1. A follower or proponent of modernism.