Modern may refer to:

History

*Modern history ** Early Modern period ** Modern age, 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 monospaced font, 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