An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. The quality of being → modern.
   

2. A rather diffuse term with many meanings depending on the disciplinary context. Generally, modernity refers to the cultural, intellectual, and economic consequences of the → Enlightenment and the epoch with which they are associated. Modernity is the end result of the → modernization process.

See also: → modern + → -ity.