postmodern
noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
extremely modern; cutting-edge: postmodern kids who grew up on MTV.
Origin of postmodern
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How to use postmodern in a sentence
It took artist and critic Peter Plagens a long time to come around to the post-modern work of Bruce Nauman.
Blasim is not the kind of post-modern absurdist who trades in forced, inconsequential whimsy.
Iraq, Terror, and the Surreal: Hassan Blasim’s ‘The Corpse Exhibition’ | Brian Van Reet | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn need of something positive to say, guest-star calls their performance “post-post-post modern.”
Europe is more post-modern and the U.S. is more modern in the sense that it still adheres to the values of the nation state.
Sunday Q&A: Josef Joffe on the Myth of American Decline | Michael Moynihan | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSo one can almost pity Gaga, who must be wondering, what post-modern line did I step over to deserve this?
Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Plagiarism Sin | Richard Rushfield | February 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
American football is possibly the first post-modern game in that it appropriates from the old for use in a new age.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai NadinThink about how, in the post-modern, the condition and function of drawing change.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for postmodern
/ (pəʊstˈmɒdən) /
(in the arts, architecture, etc) characteristic of a style and school of thought that rejects the dogma and practices of any form of modernism; in architecture, contrasting with international modernism and featuring elements from several periods, esp the Classical, often with ironic use of decoration
Derived forms of postmodern
- postmodernism, noun
- postmodernist, noun, adjective
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