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| age |
the contemporary world. [1/11 definitions] |
| agemate |
one of approximately the same age as another; contemporary; peer. |
| auld lang syne |
(cap.) a Scottish song traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve in many English-speaking countries. The contemporary melody is also popular in many other countries but may be sung on different occasions and with different lyrics. [1/2 definitions] |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. [1/2 definitions] |
| hippie |
someone, esp. of the late 1960s, who rejects the established values of contemporary society, and who demonstrates that rejection through unconventional dress and behavior, and by advocating pacifism and communal living. (See flower child.) |
| latter-day |
of contemporary or modern times. |
| mode2 |
a contemporary, popular, or customary style or fashion, as of clothing or behavior. |
| modern dance |
a form of contemporary dance in which stylized movements of the body depict and express ideas, emotions, and the like. |
| modernism |
the tendency to value or adhere to that which is contemporary or modern. [1/2 definitions] |
| modernization |
the process or act of updating or redesigning something to make it look new or contemporary. [1/3 definitions] |
| modernize |
to make modern or contemporary. [2 definitions] |
| noncontemporary |
combined form of contemporary. |
| nouvelle cuisine |
(sometimes cap.) contemporary French cooking that emphasizes artfully arranged fresh ingredients and uses low-calorie stock-based sauces. |
| primitivism |
belief in the superiority of early civilizations over contemporary ones. [1/2 definitions] |
| Reconstructionism |
a twentieth-century U.S. Jewish movement that stresses the cultural continuity of Judaism as a religion, and that encourages adaptation of religious observances to contemporary needs. |
| time capsule |
a container for contemporary documents, records, or artifacts to be buried or otherwise preserved for discovery and study by future generations. |
| ultracontemporary |
combined form of contemporary. |
| uncontemporary |
combined form of contemporary. |
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