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postmodernism

noun
/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/US

Etymology

From post- + modernism.

  1. derived from modo
  2. derived from modernus
  3. derived from moderne
  4. suffixed as modernism — “modern + ism”
  5. prefixed as postmodernism — “post + modernism”

Definitions

  1. Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an…

    Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.

  2. An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the…

    An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.

The neighborhood

Derived

postmodernist, postpostmodernism, post-postmodernism

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA