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Ryan Davidson's avatar

I think you mean "anti-modernity," not "ante-modernity."

"Ante-" is a suffix meaning "before," as in "antebellum," meaning "before the war." It is the equivalent of "pre-," as in "pre-war."

If that isn't what you mean, I must confess that your usage is very confusing.

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The Haeft's avatar

I added a note.

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The Haeft's avatar

I meant ante- but I suppose I also meant to confuse a little because the anti- and retrospective ante- and post - tend to run together, particularly among greens. I’m not sure whether my own distributist and increasingly tech skeptic orientation is anti-modern or some steam-punk ante/post /alt modern. So I used the pre-fix deliberately to confuse. However, you’re probably right. Maybe I will add a note.

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Ryan Davidson's avatar

That works.

At least you weren't being confusing by accident.

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