English Explanatory Dictionary

postmodern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to what follows the modern era.
  2. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism.
noun
  1. A postmodernist.

Pronunciation

en-us-postmodern.ogg

Word forms

postmodern more postmodern most postmodern pomo po-mo post-modern postmoderns

Etymology

From post- + modern.

Derived words

nonpostmodern postmodernese postmodernisation postmodernise postmodernism postmodernity postmodernization postmodernize postmodernly postpostmodern prepostmodern unpostmodern
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