POSTMODERNISM

postmodernism

(noun) genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

postmodernism (usually uncountable, plural postmodernisms)

Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc, that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.

Coordinate terms: modernism, metamodernism, post-postmodernism

An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.

Source: Wiktionary



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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