postmodernism
Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an…Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
» If someone describes "postmodernism" as an ideology, they should never be taken seriously about anything.
Якщо хтось описує "постмодернізм" як ідеологію, все, що вони говорять на будь-яку тему, не повинно сприйматися всерйоз.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
Postmoderne, Postmodernismus
постмодерни́змpostmodɛrnízm
постмодерні́змpostmodernízm
genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
(uncountable, usually)An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.
Examples
14 sentencesIf someone describes "postmodernism" as an ideology, they should never be taken seriously about anything.
Якщо хтось описує "постмодернізм" як ідеологію, все, що вони говорять на будь-яку тему, не повинно сприйматися всерйоз.
If somebody describes "postmodernism" as an ideology, they should never be taken seriously about anything.
Якщо хтось описує "постмодернізм" як ідеологію, все, що вони говорять на будь-яку тему, не повинно сприйматися всерйоз.
I'm not a fan of postmodernism.
ruЯ не поклонник постмодернизма.
deIch bin kein Fan der Postmoderne.
According to postmodernism, language shapes our thinking.
According to the ideas of postmodernism, language shapes our thinking.
ruСогласно идеям постмодернизма, язык формирует наше мышление.
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