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Meaning of New Sincerity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A partial return to modernism, going against prevailing modes of postmodernist irony or cynicism.

Examples

“[Christy Wampole] notes that the New Sincerity has been around since the 1980s, and is a response to "postmodern cynicism, detachment and meta-referentiality." She's right about that, and the examples she cites—David Foster Wallace, Wes Anderson, and Cat Power—are right too. But the New Sincerity failed, she tells us.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

New Society Village New Song New South New South Wales New South Welshman New Southgate