postwar
postwar
Definition
post·war (pōst′wôr′)
adjective
after the (or a) war
postwar
Synonyms
postwar
modif.
postwar
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- reconstruction: London experienced a labor shortage during the years of postwar reconstruction.
- boom: The Nuclear Age of the 1950s and 60s postwar boom rode over such concerns.
- era: The postwar era did not see the end of imperialism.
- period: In practice Britain has opted for a mixture of the two during the postwar period.
- settlement: Britain was in pawn, at the very time that Attlee was fighting to exert some influence on the postwar European settlement.
- decade: In the postwar decade characterized by shortages of all kinds, food security was a dominant political aim.
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