Agency Dictionary
metamodern
adjectivePronunciation: /ˌmet.əˈmɒd.ən/
In Portuguese: metamoderno
Philosophy & Ethics
Arts, Music & MediaWhat does “metamodern” mean?
Relating to a cultural paradigm that oscillates between modern sincerity and postmodern irony.
Etymology
Formed by prefixing meta- (from Greek meta, meaning beyond, between, or after) onto modern. Modern itself comes from Late Latin modernus, from modo (just now). The compound metamodern emerged in cultural and philosophical discourse in the late 20th and early 21st centuries to describe an orientation that moves beyond both the confidence of modernism and the irony of postmodernism.
Word family
- metamodernism
- metamodernist
- modern
- postmodern
Usage examples
That which is metamodern captures the perfect essence between what is nostalgic and what is new, hence, we need both.
Source editions
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