postmodernism

Meaning

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

Synonyms

philosophy

sophist

Translations

postmodernisme

posmodernismo

postmodernismo

pós-modernismo

Postmoderne

post-modernisme

Postmodernismus

μετανεωτερισμός

postmodernitat

φιλοσοφία/σκεπτικό

philosophie

postmoderne

σκεπτικό

Philosophie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/

Etymology

From post- + modernism.