Modern

Modern may refer to:

History

 * Modern history
 * Early Modern period
 * Late Modern period
 * 18th century
 * 19th century
 * 20th century
 * Contemporary history
 * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century

Philosophy and sociology

 * Modernity, a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies
 * Late modernity

Art

 * Modernism
 * Modernist poetry
 * Modern art, a form of art
 * Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century
 * Modern architecture, a broad movement and period in architectural history
 * Modern music (disambiguation)

Geography

 * Modra, a Slovak city, referred to in the German language as "Modern"

Typography

 * Modern (typeface), a raster font packaged with Windows XP
 * Another name for the typeface classification known as Didone (typography)
 * Modern, a generic font family name for fixed-pitch serif and sans serif fonts (for example, Courier and Pica), used e.g. in OpenDocument format or Rich Text Format

Music

 * Modern (Buzzcocks album)
 * Modern (EP), an EP by Gas
 * Modern Records, a Los Angeles record label
 * Modern (Amber Smith album)

Other uses

 * Modernform Group, traded as MODERN, a furniture manufacturer and distributor in Thailand
 * Modern Defense, a chess opening
 * Modern (political party), Polish political party