GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION
der Modernismus
Modernism (artistic and literary movements emerging in the late 19th and 20th centuries that experimented with breaking traditional forms)
IN CONTEXT
Am Modernismus gefiel ihr der Mut zum Bruch mit vertrauten Formen, auch wenn sie manche Experimente eher anstrengend als überzeugend fand.
What she liked about Modernism was its courage to break with familiar forms, even if she found some experiments more taxing than convincing.
Catholic Modernism (late 19th- and early 20th-century attempts to interpret Catholic belief in light of modern scholarship and thought)
IN CONTEXT
Im Geschichtskurs diskutierten wir den katholischen Modernismus und die Frage, wie viel Veränderung eine Institution zulassen kann, ohne ihr Selbstverständnis zu verlieren.
In history class, we discussed Catholic Modernism and the question of how much change an institution can allow without losing its sense of identity.
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