postmodernism
/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/
postmodernism noun: any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
Noun
postmodernism (usually uncountable, plural postmodernisms)
- Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
- An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.
- The most famous definition of postmodernism is Lyotard's: “I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.” […] To accept Lyotard's definition of postmodernism is to accept the premise that postmodernism is the first movement since the Enlightenment to think critically about such...2001, Daniel Gordon, editor, Postmodernism and the Enlightenment, Routledge, →ISBN, page 202
postmodernism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Malay
postmodernism in Hindi
- a style of art, literature, etc
- उत्तर-आधुनिकतावाद uttar-ādhuniktāvād
postmodernism in Tamil
- a style of art, literature, etc
- பின்நவீனத்துவம் piṉnavīṉattuvam
postmodernism in Malayalam
- a style of art, literature, etc
- ഉത്തരാധുനികത uttarādhunikata
postmodernism in Malay
- a style of art, literature, etc
- postmodenisme
More languagesFewer languages
- postmodernism in Indonesian
- posmodernisme
- postmodernism in Persian
- پسانوگرایی
- postmodernism in Vietnamese
- trường phái hậu hiện đại
Forms of postmodernism
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Origin of postmodernism
From post- + modernism.
Words formed from postmodernism
Questions about postmodernism
- What does postmodernism mean?
- Postmodernism means any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
- What is postmodernism in Hindi?
- Postmodernism in Hindi is उत्तर-आधुनिकतावाद (uttar-ādhuniktāvād). See Postmodernism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is postmodernism?
- Postmodernism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce postmodernism?
- Postmodernism is pronounced /pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/ (US).
- What is the plural of postmodernism?
- The plural of postmodernism is postmodernisms.
Words near postmodernism in the dictionary
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