pseudomodernist

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ modernist.

Adjective

pseudomodernist (not comparable)

1. Having a modernist or postmodernist appearance but not having the associated qualities
   • 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^[1]:

     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.