The phrase "the modern term" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to a contemporary word or expression that is currently in use.
Example: "In linguistics, the modern term for this concept is 'semantic shift'."
Alternatives: "the contemporary term" or "the current term"
The modern term art gallery is derived from this usage.
The modern term 'institutional repository' serves the same purpose.
Mr. Davis said, "The modern term for these men is illegal aliens".
Ghosting appears to be the modern term for it, though it's as old as the hills.
We veg out on the sofa – "chilling" is, I believe, the modern term – and enrich corporations.
They were thirsty, to use the modern term; they wanted it too much.
Thus, uncia designated both a unit of weight and one of length and is the source of the modern terms inch and ounce.
The precise technical significance of the modern terms employed should not everywhere be pressed, but their proper meaning will always, we trust, be clear from the context.
During an interview with Daily News and Analysis, Tripathi explained that he had purposefully used the modern terms for the different historical locations described in the book, including calling India by its name, rather than its ancient name, Jambudweep.
Much later, Conrad Waddington introduced the more modern term epigenetics by hypothesizing the existence of an epigenetic landscape that channels gene activity to maintain stable inheritance during development [ 2].
Organized beings (or, to use the more modern term, "organisms") are, or must be considered as, purposes because we can conceive of their possibility only on the assumption that they were produced in accordance with design.
