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.
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» 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. — deniko
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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. — deniko
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. — deniko
I'm not a fan of postmodernism.
ruЯ не поклонник постмодернизма. — al_ex_an_der
deIch bin kein Fan der Postmoderne. — al_ex_an_der
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.
Forms
plural: postmodernisms| Singular | postmodernism |
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Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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