Nonmodern

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŏn-mŏdÉ™rn

Origin

- + modern

Full definition of nonmodern

Adjective

1. Having characteristics of past times; not modern.

Related terms

• modern

Noun

1. One who is not modern.
• 2012, Hilal Elver, The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion (page 52)The headscarf is a perfect tool to block the nonmoderns from participating in the class privileges that the modern state represents.