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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(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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