postmodernist

American  

[pohst-mahd-ern-ist] / poʊstˈmɑd ərn ɪst /

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of postmodernism.

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noun

1. a person who produces creative or literary work in a postmodern style.

Example Sentences

Throughout the book she displays the fundamental bewilderment of the secular postmodernist contending with huge life events while cut off from the consolations of any one tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

For instance, the language is highly stylized—Mitchinson describes it as “a postmodernist poem”— and deliberately vague, in order to make ordering the pages as difficult as possible.

From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023

Glassner’s argument is complex and relies on ancient works of literature and various theoretical approaches, including that of postmodernist philosopher Jacques Derrida.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In 2002, activists from the project staged a demonstration in which they threw dozens of books by postmodernist Russian author Vladimir Sorokin into a large toilet bowl in downtown Moscow.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023

He told Bobby that the film had the potential to become a masterpiece: “This will be a postmodernist documentary with feature elements.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady