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jan 1, 1979 - Jean-François Lyotard is credited with being the first to use the term "postmodern"

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Jean-François Lyotard is credited with being the first to use the term "postmodern" in a philosophical context, in his 1979 work The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge.

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jan 1, 1979
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~ 47 years ago