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postmodernist

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post·mod·ern  (pst-mdrn)
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·modern·ism n.
post·modern·ist adj. & n.
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Adj.1.postmodernist - of or relating to postmodernism; "postmodernist architecture"
postmodern
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postmodernist [ˈpəʊstˈmɒdənɪst] ADJ & N → posmodernista mf
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