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postmodernism

The correct spelling is postmodernism.

How to pronounce postmodernism

/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/
noun

IPA: /pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/

Say it like: Pos-tmo-der-nis-m

The correct spelling is postmodernism. Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
  2. 2.An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.

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