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单词 postmodernism
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Definition of postmodernism in English:

postmodernism

noun pəʊstˈmɒdəˌnɪz(ə)mˌpoʊs(t)ˈmɑdərnˌɪzəm
mass noun
  • A late 20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, which represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories.

    后现代主义

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this she sees these artists as contributing to what was to become postmodernism.
    • But this is based on the mistaken idea that modernism and postmodernism are sequential stages in history.
    • Munck attacks the critics of postmodernism by calling them sociological reductionists.
    • There has been an increasingly unproductive debate on the difference between modernism and postmodernism.
    • Indeed, this leads me to a major criticism of Foucault's postmodernism when applied to the media.
    • Modernism and postmodernism have made us more aware of the complexities of the art form.
    • The works of these authors inhabit the domains of neo-realism, modernism, postmodernism and magical realism.
    • The argument that the black novel anticipates postmodernism can also take a formalist turn.
    • Thus has postmodernism helped close the gap between high art and low art.
    • I only make the kind of work I make because of the discourse of postmodernism and the time that I'm working in.
    • These ideas were our mental tools as we romped in the forest of first-growth postmodernism.
    • Its broader presuppositions relate to those of art in the era of postmodernism.
    • I do think we have to tackle the issue of relativism, of subjectivity, of all the modern isms including postmodernism.
    • Because we are the heirs of modernism and postmodernism.
    • A certain part of postmodernism has involved an attempt to get outside of history.
    • In the work of some virtual artists many characteristics of either modernism or postmodernism can be found.
    • In its extreme forms, postmodernism represents a celebration of choice and the triumph of style.
    • It's starting to look dated now, a product of the first wave of 1980s postmodernism.
    • One way to get out of the ‘postmodernism’ hole is to think about postmodernity rather than postmodernism.
    • It is an excellent academic study of cultural criticism, especially postmodernism.

Derivatives

  • postmodernity

  • nounˌpəʊs(t)mɒˈdəːnɪtiˌpoʊstməˈdərnədi
    mass noun
    • 1The quality or condition of being postmodern.

      his use of narrative forms demonstrates his postmodernity
      1. 1.1 A period or movement representing a departure from modernism and characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • the steel-and-glass postmodernity of the district
      • One way to get out of the ‘postmodernism’ hole is to think about postmodernity rather than postmodernism.
      • This too is a question about the politics of postmodernity that has important implications for these novels' language.
      • These emerging attitudes are sometimes referred to collectively as postmodernity or postmodernism.
      • one feature of postmodernity is its mixture of popular and high culture

Definition of postmodernism in US English:

postmodernism

nounˌpōs(t)ˈmädərnˌizəmˌpoʊs(t)ˈmɑdərnˌɪzəm
  • A late-20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism that represents a departure from modernism and has at its heart a general distrust of grand theories and ideologies as well as a problematical relationship with any notion of “art.”.

    后现代主义

    Typical features include a deliberate mixing of different artistic styles and media, the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, and often the incorporation of images relating to the consumerism and mass communication of late-20th-century postindustrial society. Postmodernist architecture was pioneered by Robert Venturi; the AT&T skyscraper in New York (completed in 1984) is a prime example of the style. Influential literary critics include Jean Baudrillard and Jean-François Lyotard

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I do think we have to tackle the issue of relativism, of subjectivity, of all the modern isms including postmodernism.
    • Indeed, this leads me to a major criticism of Foucault's postmodernism when applied to the media.
    • In the work of some virtual artists many characteristics of either modernism or postmodernism can be found.
    • One way to get out of the ‘postmodernism’ hole is to think about postmodernity rather than postmodernism.
    • It's starting to look dated now, a product of the first wave of 1980s postmodernism.
    • The argument that the black novel anticipates postmodernism can also take a formalist turn.
    • Modernism and postmodernism have made us more aware of the complexities of the art form.
    • But this is based on the mistaken idea that modernism and postmodernism are sequential stages in history.
    • In its extreme forms, postmodernism represents a celebration of choice and the triumph of style.
    • A certain part of postmodernism has involved an attempt to get outside of history.
    • It is an excellent academic study of cultural criticism, especially postmodernism.
    • There has been an increasingly unproductive debate on the difference between modernism and postmodernism.
    • The works of these authors inhabit the domains of neo-realism, modernism, postmodernism and magical realism.
    • Because we are the heirs of modernism and postmodernism.
    • In this she sees these artists as contributing to what was to become postmodernism.
    • I only make the kind of work I make because of the discourse of postmodernism and the time that I'm working in.
    • Munck attacks the critics of postmodernism by calling them sociological reductionists.
    • Its broader presuppositions relate to those of art in the era of postmodernism.
    • These ideas were our mental tools as we romped in the forest of first-growth postmodernism.
    • Thus has postmodernism helped close the gap between high art and low art.
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