Meaning of postmodernism | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“The most famous definition of postmodernism is Lyotard's: “I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.” […] To accept Lyotard's definition of postmodernism is to accept the premise that postmodernism is the first movement since the Enlightenment to think critically about such narratives.”

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