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The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits, and the self-consciousness is one.
Jeffrey Eugenides

Meaning of "postmodern" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTMODERN

postmodern  [pəʊstˈmɒdən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTMODERN

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Postmodern is an adjective.
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WHAT DOES POSTMODERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

postmodern

Postmodernism

Postmodernism is a late-20th-century movement in the arts, architecture, and criticism that was a departure from modernism. Postmodernism includes skeptical interpretations of culture, literature, art, philosophy, history, economics, architecture, fiction, and literary criticism. It is often associated with deconstruction and post-structuralism because its usage as a term gained significant popularity at the same time as twentieth-century post-structural thought. The term postmodernism has been applied to a host of movements, many in art, music, and literature, that reacted against tendencies in modernism, and are typically marked by revival of historical elements and techniques.

Definition of postmodern in the English dictionary

The definition of postmodern in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTMODERN


antimodern
ˌæntɪˈmɒdən
Culloden
kəˈlɒdən
downtrodden
ˈdaʊnˌtrɒdən
Flodden
ˈflɒdən
godden
ˈɡɒdən
hodden
ˈhɒdən
hypermodern
ˌhaɪpəˈmɒdən
modern
ˈmɒdən
nonmodern
ˌnɒnˈmɒdən
premodern
priːˈmɒdən
promodern
prəʊˈmɒdən
shodden
ˈʃɒdən
sodden
ˈsɒdən
supermodern
ˌsuːpərˈmɒdən
trodden
ˈtrɒdən
ultramodern
ˌʌltrəˈmɒdən
unsodden
ʌnˈsɒdən
untrodden
ʌnˈtrɒdən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTMODERN

postmark
postmarked
postmastectomy
postmaster
postmaster general
postmasters general
postmastership
postmating
postmedieval
postmen
postmenopausal
postmenstrual
postmeridian
postmillenarian
postmillennial
postmillennialism
postmillennialist
postmistress
postmortem
postmortem examination

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTMODERN

aldern
Bayern
Bern
concern
dern
eastern
Hordern
intern
kern
lantern
northern
pattern
pern
secondary modern
southern
stern
Tate Modern
tavern
undern
western

Synonyms and antonyms of postmodern in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «postmodern» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTMODERN

Find out the translation of postmodern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of postmodern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postmodern» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后现代的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

posmoderno
570 millions of speakers

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postmodern
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्तरआधुनिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ما بعد الحداثة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

постмодерн
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pós-moderno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধুনিকোত্তর
260 millions of speakers

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postmoderne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Postmodern
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

postmodern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポストモダンの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포스트 모던
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Postmodern
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hậu hiện đại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்நவீனத்துவ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टमॉडर्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postmodern
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

postmoderno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

postmodernistyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

постмодерн
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

postmodern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταμοντέρνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

postmoderne
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

postmoderna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postmoderne
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postmodern

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10 QUOTES WITH «POSTMODERN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word postmodern.
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Kate Atkinson
The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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Kate Atkinson
I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.
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Noah Baumbach
I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art.
4
Bo Burnham
Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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Andre Dubus III
There are some beautiful books out there. But the ones that leave me cold are the ones where I feel - it's that postmodern thing - it's more experimentation with language than it is a deep compassionate falling into another human being's experience.
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Jeffrey Eugenides
The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits, and the self-consciousness is one.
7
John Van Hamersveld
What is Southern California but an ever-changing dreamscape backdrop for the postmodern ideal? The psychology of the postmodern world is the continual state of change as we live in its idealist manufactured dream, built by developers.
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Stanley Hauerwas
I am just postmodern enough not to trust 'postmodern' as a description of our times, for it privileges the practices and intellectual formations of modernity. Calling this a postmodern age reproduces the modernist assumption that history must be policed by periods.
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Aleksandar Hemon
I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop.
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Joel Hodgson
Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTMODERN»

Discover the use of postmodern in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postmodern and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Postmodern Culture
Ranging from architecture, sculpture and painting to music, photography and film, this collection is now recognised as a seminal text on the postmodernism debate.The essays are by Hal Foster, Jürgen Habermas, Kenneth Frampton, Rosalind ...
Hal Foster, 1985
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Postmodern Urbanism
A comprehensive guide to the scope of contemporary urban design theory in Europe and the USA.
Nan Ellin, 1999
3
Directing Postmodern Theater: Shaping Signification in ...
An introduction to theatrical directing using the concepts and terminology of semiotic theory
Jon Whitmore, 1994
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The Frame and the Mirror: On Collage and the Postmodern
The Frame and the Mirror uses this question to probe the distinctive question of the postmodern situation and the philosophical problem of representation.
Thomas P. Brockelman, 2001
5
Postmodern Music/postmodern Thought
This volume is a signal contribution to the study of children's literature and its relation to racism and social conditions.
Joseph Henry Auner, Judith Irene Lochhead, 2002
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Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical ...
Classic work of geography analysing the new possibilities for spatial thought
Edward W. Soja, 1989
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Postmodern Animal
Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.
Steve Baker, 2000
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Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era: Teaching and ...
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Patrick Slattery, 2012
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Postmodern Media Culture
Theories of the postmodern have made much of the absorption of events by representational technologies, and the ways in which representational technologies have themselves produced or determined events. An example commonly used in ...
Jonathan Bignell, 2007
10
Art Education in a Postmodern World: Collected Essays
Many of the essays pinpoint the stagnancy of teaching methods today and discuss the reductive parameters enforced by the current curriculum. The radical tone that echoes through the entire series of papers is unmistakable.
Tom Hardy, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTMODERN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postmodern is used in the context of the following news items.
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Postmodern myths and the fruit of endless vanity
While eons of humanity strove to provide us with some really entertaining myths, such as that snakes are the devil, things move quite a bit faster ... «The Intelligencer, Jul 15»
2
How Supreme Court's Understanding of 'Liberty' in Gay Marriage …
“The Court's conception…is a very postmodern idea; it's the freedom to define your understanding of the meaning of life….It's the right to ... «Daily Signal, Jul 15»
3
Why I'm Not Watching the David Foster Wallace Movie: He Taught …
Wallace then shifted his focus to show how postmodern writers like Leyner had internalized this defunct posture, resulting in “wonderful and ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
4
British PM David Cameron Leading Fight Against Islamist Extremism …
These values do not seem to be based in anything more fleeting than the postmodern moment. Moreover, if freedoms come from government, ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
5
Wilford: 'Claims Stirling was unhappy with Poultry are wrong'
... where do you think it ranks as an example of postmodern architecture? ... Historic England should use when listing postmodern buildings? «Architects' Journal, Jul 15»
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Wayne Coyne Makes Gallery Debut
The leader of postmodern psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips will enjoy the first official gallery showing of his artwork with his immersive installation piece ... «Best Classic Bands, Jul 15»
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Fiona Apple's “Criminal” Gets a Bluesy, Brilliant Makeover as a …
But as usual, the folks of Postmodern Jukebox find a way: Their cover transmutes the tune into a sultry, '40s-era torch song, gilding Apple's ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
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Sally Gross, 81, minimalist choreographer, dies
Sally Gross, a leading avant-garde dancer and choreographer whose minimalist works helped propel the postmodern dance movement, died ... «Barre Montpelier Times Argus, Jul 15»
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More Than Gay, Straight, or Bi: This Video Breaks Down Sexual …
Pomosexuals, or postmodern sexuals, feel that the traditional labels limit sexuality. “Some of you think this is such a stretch, all these words to ... «TakePart, Jul 15»
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Point Supreme adds Postmodern touches to Nadja apartment
"What is Postmodern in the apartment is mainly its diversity," studio co-founder Konstantinos Pantazis told Dezeen. "The vivid juxtapositions ... «Dezeen, Jul 15»

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