POSTMODERN

adjective Date: 1925 of, relating to, or being an era after a modern one , 2. of, relating to, or being any of various movements in reaction to modernism that are typically characterized by a return to traditional materials and forms (as in architecture) or by ironic self-reference and absurdity (as in literature), of, relating to, or being a theory that involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language , ~ism noun ~ist adjective or noun ~ity noun