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postmodernism

[ UK /pˈə‍ʊstmədənˌɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˌpoʊstˈmɑdɝˌnɪzm/ ]
NOUN
  1. genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism

How To Use postmodernism In A Sentence

  • If the latter endeavor has, since postmodernism, seemed a kind of hubristic folly, "The Artforum.com
  • Modernism and postmodernism have made us more aware of the complexities of the art form.
  • A frequent accusation levelled against the nouveau roman and, indeed, both modernism and postmodernism is their apolitical nature.
  • However, postmodernism has figured more prominently in internal critiques of feminist theories.
  • Postmodernism and social constructionism remind us to be suspect of any constructs that seek to establish themselves as decontextualized truths.
  • DreamWorks, in particular, has made the kind of allusive, parodic cultural self-consciousness that used to be called postmodernism safe for the whole family. NYT > Home Page
  • Especially in the age of postmodernism or the New Age, many people are eager to enjoy their present moments and realize their own individual dreams.
  • This is the age of post-postmodernism -- an age of both inoperative language and linguistic reflexivity, of "meaning" as both immaterial material and material immateriality -- and Douglas Kearney pushes hard against all of this by rendering language as active, operative, and indeed a locus for Spectacle. Seth Abramson: November 2011 Contemporary Poetry Reviews
  • In a crazy way, a good way of getting to grips with postmodernism / structuralism might be to dive into some examples in the Arts.
  • A frequent accusation levelled against the nouveau roman and, indeed, both modernism and postmodernism is their apolitical nature.
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