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petromodernity

petromodernity noun: those aspects of modern times that are dependent on and shaped by the availability of oil.

Noun

petromodernity (uncountable)

  1. Those aspects of modern times that are dependent on and shaped by the availability of oil.
    • While Oil, its extraction, and the global petroculture and its role in transforming the planet's climate undoubtedly play a crucial role in the Antropocene imaginary — to the extent that petrofiction has been construed not just as a genre but as a periodizing gesture of "petromodernity" — it would...2015, Adrian Daub, Elisabeth Krimmer, Goethe Yearbook 22, page 96
    • 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.2019, Cymene Howe, Ecologics: Wind and Power in the Anthropocene

Origin of petromodernity

From petro- + modernity.

Questions about petromodernity

What does petromodernity mean?
Petromodernity means those aspects of modern times that are dependent on and shaped by the availability of oil.
What part of speech is petromodernity?
Petromodernity is a noun.

Words near petromodernity in the dictionary

  1. petromastoid
  2. petromax
  3. petromaxes
  4. petromict
  5. petromictic
  6. petromodernity
  7. petromoney
  8. petromurid
  9. petromurids
  10. petromyscine
  11. petromyscines

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