nonmodern

English

Etymology

non- +‎ modern

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŏn-mŏdərn

Adjective

nonmodern (not comparable)

1. Having characteristics of past times; not modern.

Related terms

• modern

Noun

nonmodern (plural nonmoderns)

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.