Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postmodernism

/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: post-mod-ernism
IPA: /pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The most famous definition of postmodernism is Lyotard's: “I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.” […] To accept Lyotard's definition of postmodernism is to accept the premise that postmodernism is the first movement since the Enlightenment to think critically about such narratives."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English modern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English modernism English postmodernism From post- + modernism.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

postmodernisms (plural)

Derived Forms

postmodernist postpostmodernism

Phrases

post-postmodernism

Frequently Paired Words

postmodern postmodernity modernism metamodernism post-postmodernism

Rhymes With

modernism

Questions

How do you pronounce postmodernism?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/.
What does postmodernism mean?: Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
Where does postmodernism come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English modern Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English modernism English postmodernism From post- + modernism.

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