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.
One common use of the term, Early Modern is to describe the condition of Western History either since the mid-1400's, or roughly the European discovery of moveable type and the printing press, or the early 1600's, the period associated with the rise of the Enlightenment project.ince the term Modern is used to describe a wide range of periods, any definition of modernity must account for the context in question. Modern can mean all of post-medieval European history, in the context of dividing history into three large epochs: Antiquity, Medieval, and Modern.