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POSTMODERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does postmodern mean?
• POSTMODERN (adjective)
The adjective POSTMODERN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to postmodernism
Familiarity information: POSTMODERN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to postmodernism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
postmodern; postmodernist
Context example:
postmodernist architecture
Pertainym:
postmodernism (genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism)
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