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'''Modern''' items, practises, nomenclature, etc refers to anything that would have been unknown to a native person on the period in history for chronological reasons.

==SCA and Modern==
In an SCA context, '''modern''' can refer to anything after 1600 A.D, i.e., [[out of period]]. It tends to be more specific and might mean present-day, or nearly so. It would be difficult to find agreement on what the earliest modern event was. 
===Modern (noun)===
The [[SCA]] sometimes uses the term '''modern''' to describe others. This term is less loaded than the related word [[mundane]]. As such, it is probably more gracious to refer to people not in the [[SCA]] as ''moderns'' rather than ''mundanes''.

==Re-Enactment and Modern==
What constitutes '''modern''' is a lot more varied in [[re-enactment]] groups due to the focus of individual groups. Anything that appears after a groups stated period is thus considered modern.
===Modern (noun)===
'''Modern''' is not a term used to describe non-[[re-enactor]]s. In the [[UK]] the acronym ''MOP'' or ''member of the public'' is used. In [[Australia]] the very PC ''non-[[re-enactor]]'' is often used. In jest they might also be called ''normals''.

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