Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metamodernism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meta-mod-ernism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A movement combining elements of modernism and postmodernism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An ideal framework is the term metamodernism given to us by two Dutch philosophers, Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, who argue that “postmodern is merely the 'catchphrase' for a multiplicity of contradictory tendencies, […]"
"Metamodernism's genealogy and its earliest ideological underpinnings are contested. It is located by some as stemming from Frederic Jameson and his criticism of postmodern fragmentation and late capitalism (1984) […]"
"Metamodernism is one of a variety of attempts to identify a perceptible shift in aesthetic practice and ethical outlook developing in the twenty-first century and it can be seen to be in dialogue with both modernism and postmodernism."

Etymology

From meta- + modernism, introduced in 2010 by Dutch cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: meta

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

metamodern metamodernist

Phrases

New Sincerity

Frequently Paired Words

New Sincerity modernism postmodernism post-postmodernism

Questions

What does metamodernism mean?: A movement combining elements of modernism and postmodernism.
Where does metamodernism come from?: From meta- + modernism, introduced in 2010 by Dutch cultural theorists Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker.

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