Definition of post-modern in English English dictionary
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism
Post-modern is used to describe something or someone that is influenced by post-modernism. post-modern architecture. = post-modernist
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism
For an illustration of the differences between the traditional, positivist curriculum and the more postmodern reconceptualized curriculum, see Hanley and Montgomery.
the late 20th-century tendency (in art, thought, and society) to distrust objectivity, authority, universality, and moral and ideological absolutes Postmodern artists tend to mix styles, cultures, techniques, and high and low forms of art
Previously, philosophy was a study seeking the truth Since the days of Plato we've been attempting to define the Universal Truths by which we can all agree and to determine how we can know these are Universal Truths (Systematic Philosophy) In the Postmodern world, philosophy takes on a new meaning (like all changes in philosophy, new men on the scene mean we need NEW TERMS! : ) We now have an Edifying Philosophy, which "aims at continuing a conversation rather than at discovering truth " " in the end, the postmodernworld is merely an arena of dueling texts "
{s} belonging to the postmodern movement in art and architecture (supports use of complex and decorative styles, with emphasis on local historical styles - opposed to the principles of modernism)