MODERNITY
\mˈɒdənɪti], \mˈɒdənɪti], \m_ˈɒ_d_ə_n_ɪ_t_i]\
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the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
By Princeton University
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the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Post-WW2, modern societies' characteristics with capitalistic economies, democratic political structures, highly industrialized base, and social classes divided by economic status. Everyday life, urbanization, employment and business seeing women at every level, secular outlook, sexual freedom, birth and death rates sharply reduced, centralized bureaucratic government, standardized education system, and technology pervasive especially in communications are all characteristic normal patterns.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).