modernist
noun/ˈmɑdərnɪst/
Frequency rank: #10,513 most common English word
Meaning
a person who supports or practices modernism, favoring new ideas and styles over traditional ones.
Example sentence
The architect was known as modernist whose buildings blended new materials with bold geometric shapes.
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