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pomophobe

pomophobe noun: one who fears, dislikes, or hates postmodernism and/or postmodernists.

Noun

pomophobe (plural pomophobes)

  1. One who fears, dislikes, or hates postmodernism and/or postmodernists.
    • Pomophobes who teach find that they are surrounded by less-than-reverent students who want to do the latest thing, namely the despised you-know-what.1985, Arts & Architecture, volume 4, number 2, page 49
    • Of course, forms of cultural production that combine the "real" and the "fictional" are hardly anything new (an observation that does not render the concept of the postmodern "silly," as some pomophobes would have it).2000, Kevin Glynn, Tabloid Culture: Trash Taste, Popular Power, and the Transformation of American Television, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 71

Forms of pomophobe

pluralpomophobes

Origin of pomophobe

From pomo + -phobe, possibly as a play on homophobe.

Questions about pomophobe

What does pomophobe mean?
Pomophobe means one who fears, dislikes, or hates postmodernism and/or postmodernists.
What part of speech is pomophobe?
Pomophobe is a noun.
What is the plural of pomophobe?
The plural of pomophobe is pomophobes.

Words near pomophobe in the dictionary

  1. pomona
  2. Pomona green
  3. Pomona greens
  4. pomonal
  5. pomonic
  6. pomophobe
  7. pomophobes
  8. pomophobia
  9. pomophobic
  10. Pomor
  11. Pomors

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