modern

> modern and modernistic
modern and modernistic are not quite the same. Modern means "referring to the present time or recent times", as in "the politics of modern times" and "a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in modern dress". It also means "using the newest techniques, equipment, buildings, etc, as in "a modern shopping centre" and "a modern office complex". Modernistic means "characteristic of modern ideas, fashions, etc, and is often used in a derogatory way, as in "She says she hates that modernistic furniture".