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metamodernism

metamodernism noun: a movement combining elements of modernism and postmodernism.

Noun

metamodernism (uncountable)

  1. A movement combining elements of modernism and postmodernism.
    • An ideal framework is the term metamodernism given to us by two Dutch philosophers, Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, who argue that “postmodern is merely the 'catchphrase' for a multiplicity of contradictory tendencies, […]2017, Andrew Shenton, Arvo Pärt's Resonant Texts: Choral and Organ Music 1956–2015, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 264
    • Metamodernism's genealogy and its earliest ideological underpinnings are contested. It is located by some as stemming from Frederic Jameson and his criticism of postmodern fragmentation and late capitalism (1984) […]2018, William B. Parsons, Being Spiritual but Not Religious: Past, Present, Future(s), Routledge, →ISBN

Origin of metamodernism

From meta- + modernism, introduced in 2010 by Dutch cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker.

Words formed from metamodernism

Questions about metamodernism

What does metamodernism mean?
Metamodernism means a movement combining elements of modernism and postmodernism.
What part of speech is metamodernism?
Metamodernism is a noun.

Words near metamodernism in the dictionary

  1. metamoderating
  2. metamoderation
  3. metamoderator
  4. metamoderators
  5. metamodern
  6. metamodernism
  7. metamodernist
  8. metamodernity
  9. metamodulation
  10. metamodulatory
  11. metamolecule

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