postbellum en · ADJ
Etymology
From Latin post bellum (literally “after the war”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of the period following a war.
For most Europeans, a postbellum world had seemed the self-evident future, says Finland’s president, Sauli Niinistö.
2023 September 30, Patrick Wintour, quoting Sauli Niinistö, “‘No turning back’: how the Ukraine war has profoundly changed the EU”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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(US, not-comparable) Of the period following a war. ▸ Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.
Midway through Donald McCaig’s unexpectedly diverting novel, “Rhett Butler’s People,” a black man about to be lynched in the post-bellum South asks Rhett to please shoot him dead before the mob breaks into the jail and does worse.
2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| post-bellum | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (21)
it postbellico (of the period following a war) · es de posguerra (of the period following a war) · pt após-guerra (of the period following a war) · ru послевое́нный (of the period following a war) · fi sodanjälkeinen (of the period following a war) · ro postbelic (of the period following a war) · ca postguerra (of the period following a war) · bg следвоенен (of the period following a war) · nl naoorlogs (of the period following a war) · tr savaş sonrası (of the period following a war) · pl powojenny (of the period following a war) · cmn 戰後的 /战后的 (of the period following a war) · fr d’après-guerre (of the period following a war) · et sõjajärgne (of the period following a war) · pt pós-guerra (of the period following a war) · de Nachkriegszeit (of the period following a war) · el μεταπολεμικός (of the period following a war) · sv efterkrigs- (of the period following a war) · ko 전후의 (of the period following a war) · ja 戦後の (of the period following a war) · cs poválečný (of the period following a war)