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

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postmodernism

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postmodernism

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/

Noun

uncountable usually

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

Japanese Meaning

従来のモダン主義に対抗して現れる芸術、建築、文学、哲学などにおける様式や思想のこと

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Postmodernism challenges the notion that a single grand narrative can explain history.

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ポストモダニズムは、単一の壮大な物語が歴史を説明できるという考えに異議を唱える。

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

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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.

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