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[ adjective ] belonging to the period after a war

Examples

"postwar resettlement" "postwar inflation"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

`` Uncle_Sam '' was , indeed , a rich uncle to Prokofieff , in those opulent , post-war victory years of peace and prosperity , bold speculations and extravaganzas , enjoyment and pleasure : `` The Golden_Twenties '' .

(Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)

Virtually everyone agrees , however , that the trend toward female sexual aggressiveness was tremendously accelerated with the postwar rush to the suburbs .

Related terms

prewar

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