Opposition to or resistance against the process of making something modern or introducing modern methods and technology.
From anti- + modernization (from modern + -ization, a suffix indicating a process). This compound term describes both resistance to and the reversal of modernization efforts.
Some countries have experienced deliberate antimodernization policies—North Korea is the most extreme example, but even Bhutan has policies called 'Gross National Happiness' that resist certain modern developments in favor of cultural preservation.
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