Definitions For Hypermodernism

Noun

HYPERMODERNISM (uncountable) The state or condition of being hypermodern. (arts) An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical (inverted) approach. (chess) A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces rather than with pawns, thus inviting the opponent to occupy the centre with pawns which can then become objects of attack.

Synonyms

being hypermodern hypermodernity

Etymology

hyper + modernism

Is Hypermodernism a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
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The word Hypermodernism is worth 27 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends

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