Postmodernese

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The jargon of postmodernism. uncountable

    "Moving from content to style, the introduction and too many of the articles are written in that thick postmodernese dialect that only hinders communicating with undergraduates and other mortals."

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"Moving from content to style, the introduction and too many of the articles are written in that thick postmodernese dialect that only hinders communicating with undergraduates and other mortals."

Etymology

From postmodern + -ese.

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