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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++post·mod·ern /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdn◂ $ ˌpoʊstˈmɑːdərn◂/ adjective  1 relating to or influenced by postmodernism 后现代主义的;受后现代主义影响的 postmodern architecture 后现代主义建筑2 used to describe styles, attitudes etc that are typical of the social life that is found in many western countries now, in which television and the buying of goods and services etc are very important 后现代的〔用于形容当今许多西方国家的社会生活,其中电视、录像、消费等占重要地位〕 postmodern culture 后现代文化
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postmodernLike all those whose needs are not being met over the long term, postmodern children and adolescents are feeling victimized.Havel, an intellectual with many contacts in the West, is conversant with various analyses of modern and postmodern conditions.Here the shift from a modern to a postmodern context becomes hermeneutically significant.The postmodern descendants of the Organization Man are not victims, after all, but pioneers.The same can be said of the postmodern discovery that the universe is expanding.In other words, we are in a postmodern novel.If this situation epitomizes the postmodern world, then theologians may hope once again to become serious participants in the cultural conversation.
post·mod·ern adjectiveChineseSyllable
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postmodern
postmodern /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdn◂ $ ˌpoʊstˈmɑːdərn◂/ adjective
1. relating to or influenced by postmodernism:
    postmodern architecture
2. used to describe styles, attitudes etc that are typical of the social life that is found in many western countries now, in which television, video, the buying of goods and services etc are very important:
    postmodern culture


post·mod·ernBrE /ˌpəʊstˈmɒdn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpoʊstˈmɑːdərn/ 🔊 adjectiveconnected with or influenced by postmodernism 后现代主义的;受后现代主义影响的