postmodernism

//ˌpoʊstˈmɒdərnɪzəm//
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Noun

1

A late 20th-century movement in art, architecture, literature, and philosophy characterized by skepticism toward grand narratives, irony, eclecticism, and the blending of high and low culture.

Postmodernism challenged traditional ideas about art and culture.

2

A philosophical stance that questions objective truth, universal values, and the possibility of certain knowledge.

Postmodernism challenges the idea that there is one universal truth.