pseudomodernist

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adjective

Having a modernist or postmodernist appearance but not having the associated qualities

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Meanings

adjectivepseudomodernist (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a modernist or postmodernist appearance but not having the associated qualities
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    More than ever, architecture seems to be where the contemporary moment is dramatised: the oligarchs in their new penthouses, the bondholders in their new office towers, and the rest of us, competing for pseudomodernist new-builds designed on the understanding that we will be grateful to find anywhere at all to live.

    2015 September 5, Ned Beauman, “The Walkie Talkie is a sty in London's eye – and proves we can't say no to money”, in The Guardian

Origin

From pseudo- + modernist.

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APA

pseudomodernist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudomodernist

MLA

“pseudomodernist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudomodernist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudomodernist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudomodernist.

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