postmodern

See also: post-modern

English

Alternative forms

• pomo
• post-modern

Etymology

From post- +‎ modern.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

postmodern (comparative more postmodern, superlative most postmodern)

1. (literally) Relating to what follows the modern era. [1919]
   • 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^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

2. 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.

Derived terms

• postmodernism
• postpostmodern
• prepostmodern

 

Translations

Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後現代／后现代 (hòuxiàndài), 后现代 (hòuxiàndài)

• Czech: postmoderní
• Danish: postmoderne
• Finnish: postmodernistinen
• French: postmoderne (fr) m or f
• German: postmodern (de), nachmodern (uncommon)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: posztmodern
• Italian: postmoderno (it)
• Japanese: ポストモダン (posutomodan)
• Macedonian: постмо́дерен m (postmóderen)
• Portuguese: pós-moderno
• Spanish: posmoderno (es)

Noun

postmodern (plural postmoderns)

1. A postmodernist.
   • 2009 October 3, Claudia La Rocco, “Where All the World’s a Fashion Show”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     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?”

References

• “postmodern”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “postmodern”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “postmodern”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

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German

Etymology

post- +‎ modern

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔstmoˌdɛʁn/

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Adjective

postmodern (strong nominative masculine singular postmoderner, not comparable)

1. postmodern

Declension

Positive forms of postmodern (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

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Swedish

Etymology

post- +‎ modern

Adjective

postmodern (not comparable)

1. 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