ULTRAMODERNIST Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

ultramodernist

noun

Definition of ultramodernist

as in liberal

a person with very modern ideas an ultramodernist in interior decoration, she freely uses materials that are recognizably man-made to achieve a look that enthusiastically embraces the 21st century

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Noun

Maher is a liberal who has become increasingly critical of both parties and the progressive left.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Collins has fired back by portraying Ossoff as an out-of-touch liberal who doesn't understand the struggles of working Georgians.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of liberal

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When the cabin became available for purchase, Susman bought it and commissioned modernist architect Carl Maston to design a house for her.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2026
Housed inside the austere modernist facade by architect John Moutoussamy, the interiors — the work of Palm Springs designers Arthur Elrod and William Raiser — were never renovated or changed.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of modernist

Noun

The architecture throughout Dearborn Park is very much a product of its time — a form of minimalist masonry late modern for Phase I and more decorative postmodern for Phase II.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Between these spaces exists a world balanced on the edge of the modern and the primitive, the high-tech and the rural, the corporeal and the mythic.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of modern

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Mao Zedong was a revolutionary who led the Communist Party during its crucial early days, winning a civil war against the ruling Nationalist Party in China, and then founding the modern-day People’s Republic of China.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Like his fellow revolutionaries, Jefferson recoiled from such aspects of empire, past and present.

— Jackson Lears, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of revolutionary

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