petromodernity
nounEtymology
From petro- + modernity.
- calqued from modernitās
Definitions
Those aspects of modern times that are dependent on and shaped by the availability of oil.
- After all, they embody petromodernity in almost every way, from their masculinist stereotyping to their fossil-fueled metabolism. Trucks would seem to be a survival of petromodernity rather than a signal of its end.
- But I like the honesty of literary critic Stephanie LeMenager, who concludes that we love oil petromodernity – and the world it brings us – theater, movies, books, plastics, air conditioning, central heat, air travel.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for petromodernity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA