Modern generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends.[1] It may refer to:
- Modern Times
- Modern Age (periodical), an American conservative publication
- Modern Art, a form of art.
- Modern architecture, a style of architecture
- Modernity, a very loosely defined time period from late 19th to early 20th century
- Late Modernity
- Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century
- Modern Defense, a chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4
- Modern (album), an album from the British punk rock band, Buzzcocks
- Modernist poetry
- Modernism
- Postmodernism
- Modern Records, a record label
- Modern School, India's leading public school
- Modern (typeface) is a raster font packaged with Windows XP
- Another name for the typeface classification known as didone
- Modern music
Modern may also refer to:
- Modra, a Slovak city, referred to in the German language as "modern"
