post-modern adjective. [pǝʊs(t)'mɒdǝn] M20.
[from POST- 2 + MODERN adjective.]
Later than what is 'modern' in literature, architecture, etc.; spec. of, pertaining to, or designating a movement reacting against modernism esp. by self-consciously drawing attention to earlier styles and conventions.

■ post-modernism noun a movement in literature, architecture, etc., constituting a reaction against modernism, esp. by self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions L20.

■ post-modernist noun & adjective (a) noun a practitioner or adherent of post-modernism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to post-modernists or post-modernism: M20.

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