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  • adjective pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict

Etymologies

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post- +‎ war

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Examples

  • Mass housing became the watchword of post-war planners.

    Top stories from Times Online 2011

  • But some questions remain, because as Colin Powell once said when referring to post-war Iraq, the "Pottery Barn Rule" now applies.

    Marc Epstein: The Education Reformers' End Game Marc Epstein 2011

  • But some questions remain, because as Colin Powell once said when referring to post-war Iraq, the "Pottery Barn Rule" now applies.

    Marc Epstein: The Education Reformers' End Game Marc Epstein 2011

  • In 1952 in the midst of the post-war religious boom, Republican Dwight Eisenhower received exactly the same percentage of support 59 percent among Americans who attended religious services frequently and among those who never attended.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • However, elements of abstraction in this work parallel Baselitz's own age and inability, as a young child, to entirely assimilate what was happening around him from his birth through the gloom of the early post-war period.

    Alexander Adler: Georg Baselitz: The Early Sixties Alexander Adler 2011

  • However, elements of abstraction in this work parallel Baselitz's own age and inability, as a young child, to entirely assimilate what was happening around him from his birth through the gloom of the early post-war period.

    Alexander Adler: Georg Baselitz: The Early Sixties Alexander Adler 2011

  • The competition, which began in the mid-1950s out of a need to test technology for cross-border TV linkups in the spirit of post-war friendship, changed its voting rules this year following criticism that relying on phone-in votes, in which people supported neighboring or friendly nations, had become too political.

    Azerbaijan Wins Eurovision Frances Robinson 2011

  • Since the IMF was established, the head has traditionally been reserved for a European, given the ownership structure of the bank and the immediate needs of post-war reconstruction, while the head of the World Bank has gone to an American and the Secretary General of the United Nations has rotated among regions.

    Eric Farnsworth: For IMF Managing Director: Latin America's Opportunity Eric Farnsworth 2011

  • However, elements of abstraction in this work parallel Baselitz's own age and inability, as a young child, to entirely assimilate what was happening around him from his birth through the gloom of the early post-war period.

    Alexander Adler: Georg Baselitz: The Early Sixties Alexander Adler 2011

  • In the post-war years, madras short-sleeve shirts tucked into brightly colored trousers was a popular country-club look.

    Stylish Guys Steal Short Sleeves From Nerds Ray A. Smith 2011

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