ELI5, what exactly is “postmodernism”?

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I studied cognitive sciences, I read shit-ton of philosophers, I wrote my bachelor thesis on philosophy of mind, but still I don’t get what exactly is postmodernism

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Way oversimplifying:

Mordernism believed that the truth wins and becomes dominant, therefore the mainstream dominant viewpoint was the truth. Modernism is earnest.

Postmodernism believes that dominance has the power to remain dominant regardless of truth. Postmodernism is ironic and meta.

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