post·mod·ern (p st-m d  rn)adj. Of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes: "It [a roadhouse]is so architecturally interesting . . . with its postmodern wooden booths and sculptural clock" (Ruth Reichl). post·mod ern·ism n.post·mod ern·ist adj. & n. |
postmodern [pəʊstˈmɒdən]
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (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
postmodernism n
postmodernist n & adj
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| Adj. | 1. | postmodern - of or relating to postmodernism; "postmodernist architecture" |
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