Definition of Postmodernism in English :
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Postmodernism meaning in English
Meaning of Postmodernism in English
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Postmodernism pronunciation in English
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Postmodernism
see synonyms of postmodernismNoun
1. postmodernism
genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Postmodernism
see synonyms of postmodernismadj.
1. Of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes: "It [a roadhouse]is so architecturally interesting ... with its postmodern wooden booths and sculptural clock" (Ruth Reichl).
2. Of or relating to an intellectual stance often marked by eclecticism and irony and tending to reject the universal validity of such principles as hierarchy, binary opposition, categorization, and stable identity.
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