Not knowing about the internet makes me feel so premodern.
不懂因特网让我感觉很落伍。
大西洋月刊（文章版）
Over time, hostility to modern ideas became the default position of an institution that cleaved to an image of itself as premodern and unchanging.
随着时间的推移，敌视现代思想成为了教会的默认立场，该机构坚守自己落伍、一成不变的形象。
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In his book The Archetype of Initiation, Robert Moore explores these questions by examining premodern tribal principles considered lost or inaccessible to modern society.
The conflict that arises out of this kind of evil relates more closely to a premodern, mythological notion of evil, summarized by Robert Moore in 10 characteristics.
The consistent factor in premodern times was not the belief in God, but belief in some kind of regenerative power or libidinal energy that could be tapped into for personal and social regeneration.
在原始时代始终不变的要素不是对上帝的信仰，而是对可用于个人和社会重建的再生或本能能量的信仰。
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In premodern Italy, failed business owners, who had outstanding debts, were taken totally naked to the public square where they had to bang their butts against a special stone while a crowd jeered at them.
现代史（英语：Modern history），又译为近代史，指现代（又译近代，modern period，modern era）这个历史时期的历史。在西方，现代普遍被定义为中世纪之后的历史时期，约开始于16世纪。现代可以被进一步区分为近世（Early modern period）与现代晚期（late modern period），这两个时期以法国大革命及工业革命作为分界。在现代史之中，与现在时间紧密相关的历史，称为当代史（Contemporary history）。