Describing a period of primarily European history between the Middle Ages and the modern period; the time between c. 1500–1800.

(art) Any of very many genres of art from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, especially those forms that move away from a traditional narrative towards experimentation and conceptual art.

Alternative form of postmodern

The branch of mathematics that deals with groups, monoids, fields, and like algebraic structures.

Current; of the present. / (informal) Designating a present-day version of someone or something in history.

A modern form of ballet that is more informal than classical ballet.

The Korean language from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

The modern stage of the Japanese language, usually dated from around 1600.

The form of Portuguese spoken since the sixteenth century.

(education, Britain) In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.