English

Alternative forms

• non-modern

Adjective

nonmodern ‎(not comparable)

1. Having characteristics of past times; not modern.

Synonyms

• unmodern

Antonyms

• modern

Translations

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.