Skip to content

New every day: Korea news, words and grammar — in your language

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 6

TOPIK 6noun

포스트모더니즘

poseuteumodeonijeum

포스트모더니즘이 · 포스트모더니즘을

postmodernism

Example

포스트모더니즘은 거대 담론에 대한 불신에서 출발했습니다.

Postmodernism started from a distrust of grand narratives.

Word parts

From English 'postmodernism'; the ending '-ism' becomes 이즘 [ijeum].

Good to know

In academic writing you will also see the Sino-Korean term 탈근대주의 for the same idea.