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postindependence en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English independence English postindependence From post- + independence.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring after a country has achieved independence
    • These are some of the most extraordinary and unsettling times in Kenya's postindependence history. 2007 December 23, Joshua Hammer, “The African Front”, in New York Times: