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postmodernism
- /pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/ US
noun 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 narrativ
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noun a style of art, literature, etc
| Español | postmodernidad, posmodernismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 포스트모더니즘 poseuteumodeonijeum |
| 日本語 | ポストモダニズム posutomodanizumu |
| 中文 | 後現代主義 /后现代主义 hòuxiàndàizhǔyì |
| हिन्दी | उत्तर-आधुनिकतावाद uttar-ādhuniktāvād |
| Português | pós-modernismo |
| Français | post-modernisme, postmodernisme |
| Deutsch | Postmoderne, Postmodernismus |
| Italiano | postmodernismo |
| Ελληνικά | μεταμοντερισμός metamonterismós |
| Română | postmodernism |
| Русский | постмодерни́зм postmodɛrnízm |
| Tiếng Việt | trường phái hậu hiện đại |
| עברית | פוסטמודרניזם |
Talk about this word "postmodernism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/postmodernism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. postmodernism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/postmodernism "postmodernism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/postmodernism.Cite this
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title = {postmodernism},
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