Hypermodernism vs. Postmodernism — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hypermodernism and Postmodernism
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Hypermodernism
The state or condition of being hypermodern.
Postmodernism
Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.
Hypermodernism
(arts) An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical (inverted) approach.
Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid-to-late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism, marking a departure from modernism. The term has been more generally applied to describe a historical era said to follow after modernity and the tendencies of this era.
Hypermodernism
(chess) A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces rather than with pawns, thus inviting the opponent to occupy the centre with pawns which can then become objects of attack.
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Postmodernism
Of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes
"It [a roadhouse]is so architecturally interesting ... with its postmodern wooden booths and sculptural clock" (Ruth Reichl).
Postmodernism
Of or relating to an intellectual stance often marked by eclecticism and irony and tending to reject the universal validity of such principles as hierarchy, binary opposition, categorization, and stable identity.
Postmodernism
An attitude of skepticism or irony toward modernist ideologies, often questioning the assumptions of Enlightenment rationality and rejecting the idea of objective truth.
Postmodernism
Genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
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