incumbent adjective (NECESSARY). âº ânecessary: [+ to infinitive] It is incumbent upon (= ânecessary for) all of us to âcreate a âsafe âcommunity. (Definition of incumbent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).ncumbent noun [C]. âº the âperson who has or had a âparticular âofficial âposition: the first/last/âprevious incumbent The âpresent incumbent (of the âpost) is âdue to âretire next âmonth. (Definition of incumbent from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Modernity. Modernity typically refers to a post-traditional, post-medieval historical period, one marked by the move from feudalism toward capitalism, industrialization, secularization, rationalization, the nation-state and its constituent institutions and forms of surveillance.
Modernism is not identical to modernity or modernization, though these terms' meanings overlap. Modernism is a recent period of Western or World Civilization; modernity or modernization is a historical process rather than a period.Modernization or modernity is ongoing since emergence of humanism and modern science in Classical Greece, or at least since the Renaissance.odernism is not identical to modernity or modernization, though these terms' meanings overlap. Modernism is a recent period of Western or World Civilization; modernity or modernization is a historical process rather than a period.