premodern in English
adjective
1
anticipating the modern phase or period of something while not actually belonging to it.
our nostalgia for premodern times when natural bonds to kith and kin were unshakable continues to surface
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1. Buddhism in the contemporary world Trends since the 19th century During the 19th and 20th centuries, Buddhism responded to new challenges and opportunities that cut across the regional religious and cultural patterns that characterized the Buddhist world in the premodern period.