hypermodern
Extremely modern, bordering on the futuristic.
Adjective
- Extremely modern, bordering on the futuristic.
- The new hypermodern economy depends on the rapid movement of goods, services, and persons. Old forms of career stability are now considered to be things of the past. - 1997, Michael Storper, The regional world:...
- One hypermodern trend entails technological development, producing a postindustrial, information-infused society. This also leads to globalization... - 2000, Stuart S Nagel, Handbook of global political policy:
- What does this signify for the materiality and mentality of our everyday life in the hypermodern city? - 2003, Ryan Bishop, John Phillips, Wei-Wei Yeo, Postcolonial urbanism: Southeast Asian cities and global processes:
- Of or pertaining to hypermodernism.
Origin
From hyper- + modern.