HyperDic: nonmodern

English > 1 sense of the word nonmodern:
ADJECTIVEallnonmodernnot modern
English > nonmodern: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningnot modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
NarrowerVictoriantypical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria
antebellumbelonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
horse-and-buggyrelating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations
medieval, mediaeval, gothicAs if belonging to the Middle Ages
old-worldcharacteristic of former times especially in Europe
See alsooldOf long duration
pastEarlier than the present time
Oppositemodernbelonging to the modern era
Spanishantiguo

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