Word: hypermodern
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: hy
per
mod
ern
Definition: Of or pertaining to hypermodernism. An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical (inverted) approach.
Morphemes:
Affix: hyper-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: hyper-
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὑπέρ
Language: grc
Decoded: uper
Meaning: over
Affix: modern
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: modo
Language: la
Decoded: modo
Meaning: just now