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Meaning of postmodernism

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

postmodernism

Pronunciation:/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/

noun

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  1. Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.

  2. An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.