A close variant of Postmodernism Derangement Syndrome, often used interchangeably, but sometimes emphasizing a broader cultural panic about the “postmodern condition” itself. Symptoms include rage at the idea that truth might be perspectival, fury at the suggestion that power shapes knowledge, and a conviction that any concession to contingency is a surrender to nihilism. Sufferers demand a return to “objective reality” and “Enlightenment values,” while ironically adopting a paranoid, conspiratorial tone that mirrors the very instability they claim to oppose.
Example: “When she mentioned that historical narratives are shaped by who writes them, he erupted about ‘postmodern lies’ and ‘the end of truth’—Postmodern Derangement Syndrome, mistaking critique for destruction.”
by Dumu The Void April 4, 2026
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