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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Modernist

· Mod·ern·ist · IPA /mˈɑdərnɪst/
01 n. One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.
  1. 1.
    One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.
  2. 2.
    An advocate of the teaching of modern subjects, as modern languages, in preference to the ancient classics.