单词 | post-modernity |
释义 | post-modernityn. The fact or state of being postmodern; a period or movement following or influenced by modernity (cf. modernity n. 1b). ΚΠ 1936 Times 28 Dec. 8/2 The inevitable triangle, the Freudian analysis, and the all too earnest attempt at post modernity have no place in the Christmas season. 1937 Sci. Monthly 44 401 The conclusion of the indicated syllogism is that the germ of modernity's successor-epoch, Post-Modernity, is already forming. 1969 Art & Artists Mar. 8 The historical flow of painting has slowed from the teleological rush of modernism to the cyclical movement within the realism of issues still open and this change in history-style is the main sign of Post-Modernity. 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 21 June 13 She..betrays no awareness either of what is post-industrial about our postmodernity. 1994 Church Times 19 Aug. 10/4 The author is well aware that the key shift in recent years has been from modernity to postmodernity. 1996 H. Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary (1997) 297 Depending on whether Jude decided Christmas Stocking conceit over-cute to point of nausea or terrifyingly smart in its Post-Modernity. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936 |
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