Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudomodernist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pseu-do-mod-ernist
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a modernist or postmodernist appearance but not having the associated qualities

Example Sentences

"More than ever, architecture seems to be where the contemporary moment is dramatised: the oligarchs in their new penthouses, the bondholders in their new office towers, and the rest of us, competing for pseudomodernist new-builds designed on the understanding that we will be grateful to find anywhere at all to live."

Etymology

From pseudo- + modernist.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pseudo

Questions

What does pseudomodernist mean?: Having a modernist or postmodernist appearance but not having the associated qualities
Where does pseudomodernist come from?: From pseudo- + modernist.

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