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postwar Definition

post·war (pōstwôr)

adjective

after the (or a) war

postwar Synonyms

postwar

modif.

post-bellum, after the war, peacetime, peaceful.

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.