postmodern
See also: post-modern
English
Alternative forms
- pomo
- post-modern
Etymology
From post- + modern.
Pronunciation
Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file)
Adjective
postmodern (comparative more postmodern, superlative most postmodern)
- (literally) Relating to what follows the modern era. [1919[1]]
- 1937 May, John Q. Stewart, “An Astronomer Looks at the Modern Epoch”, in The Scientific Monthly, volume 44, number 5, page 402:
- The nearer is a fact to the temporary limits of knowledge, the more implicated becomes this regression and the more blurred ought to be statement of fact. [Percy W.] Bridgman of Harvard recently has emphasized this conclusion, but his postmodern position has as yet made small impression.
- 1958 December 31, “Books–Authors”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- A new book by Peter Drucker, author of “The New Society” and “America's Next Twenty Years,” will be published next Wednesday by Harper. In “Landmarks of Tomorrow,” Mr. Drucker discusses the postmodern world and how it differs from the old “modern” world that began with Descartes and the empiricists.
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- 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.
- 2001, Kristen Renwick Monroe, "Paradigm Shift: From Rational Choice to Perspective," International Political Science Review, vol. 22, no. 2. (Apr), page 167 n22,
- What I am objecting to is that aspect of postmodern thought that rejects the idea of any objective reality.
- 2005, Janet R. Barrett, "Planning for Understanding: A Reconceptualized View of the Music Curriculum," Music Educators Journal, vol. 91, no. 4. (Mar), page 25,
- For an illustration of the differences between the traditional, positivist curriculum and the more postmodern reconceptualized curriculum, see Hanley and Montgomery.
- 2001, Kristen Renwick Monroe, "Paradigm Shift: From Rational Choice to Perspective," International Political Science Review, vol. 22, no. 2. (Apr), page 167 n22,
Derived terms
- postmodernism
- postpostmodern
- prepostmodern
Translations
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism
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Noun
postmodern (plural postmoderns)
- A postmodernist.
- 2009 October 3, Claudia La Rocco, “Where All the World’s a Fashion Show”, in New York Times:
- Trajal Harrell frames his program notes for “Twenty Looks or Paris Is Burning at the Judson Church (S)” with the potentially academic question, “What would have happened in 1963 if someone from the ball scene in Harlem had come downtown to perform alongside the early postmoderns at Judson Church?”
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “post-modern”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “postmodern”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “postmodern” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “postmodern”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
German
Etymology
post- + modern
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔstmoˌdɛʁn/
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Adjective
postmodern (strong nominative masculine singular postmoderner, not comparable)
- postmodern
Declension
Positive forms of postmodern (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist postmodern | sie ist postmodern | es ist postmodern | sie sind postmodern | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | postmoderner | postmoderne | postmodernes | postmoderne |
| genitive | postmodernen | postmoderner | postmodernen | postmoderner | |
| dative | postmodernem | postmoderner | postmodernem | postmodernen | |
| accusative | postmodernen | postmoderne | postmodernes | postmoderne | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der postmoderne | die postmoderne | das postmoderne | die postmodernen |
| genitive | des postmodernen | der postmodernen | des postmodernen | der postmodernen | |
| dative | dem postmodernen | der postmodernen | dem postmodernen | den postmodernen | |
| accusative | den postmodernen | die postmoderne | das postmoderne | die postmodernen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein postmoderner | eine postmoderne | ein postmodernes | (keine) postmodernen |
| genitive | eines postmodernen | einer postmodernen | eines postmodernen | (keiner) postmodernen | |
| dative | einem postmodernen | einer postmodernen | einem postmodernen | (keinen) postmodernen | |
| accusative | einen postmodernen | eine postmoderne | ein postmodernes | (keine) postmodernen | |
Related terms
- Postmoderne
- Postmodernismus
Further reading
- “postmodern” in Duden online
- “postmodern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Swedish
Etymology
post- + modern
Adjective
postmodern (not comparable)
- postmodern
Declension
| Inflection of postmodern | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | postmodern | — | — |
| Neuter singular | postmodernt | — | — |
| Plural | postmoderna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | postmoderne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | postmoderne | — | — |
| All | postmoderna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Related terms
- postmodernism
Anagrams
- domprosten