postmodern

Definition

Relating to what follows the modern era.

Etymology

From post- + modern.

Example Sentences

• "The nearer is a fact to the temporary limits of knowledge, the more implicated becomes this regression and the more blurred ought to be statement of fact. [Percy W.] Bridgman of Harvard recently has emphasized this conclusion, but his postmodern position has as yet made small impression."
• "A new book by Peter Drucker, author of “The New Society” and “America's Next Twenty Years,” will be published next Wednesday by Harper. In “Landmarks of Tomorrow,” Mr. Drucker discusses the postmodern world and how it differs from the old “modern” world that began with Descartes and the empiricists."
• "What I am objecting to is that aspect of postmodern thought that rejects the idea of any objective reality."