interwar

American  

[in-ter-wawr] / ˌɪn tərˈwɔr /

adjective

1. occurring during a period of peace between two wars, war, especially between World War I and World War II.

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interwar British  

/ ˌɪntəˈwɔː /

adjective

1. of or happening in the period between World War I and World War II

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Etymology

Origin of interwar

First recorded in 1935–40; inter- + war ¹

Example Sentences

"By the interwar period, people were noting how Christmas was becoming more private than public," said Professor Johnes.

From BBC

Fans of fantasy and science fiction kept the field alive during its interwar critical eclipse.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Consider the Consequences” is a breezy, ironic tramp through the social rituals of the interwar period.

From The Wall Street Journal

That is why I think it wise to think of Nazism and fascism as terms referring to specific European movements that grew out of the twentieth-century interwar period in Germany, Italy and Spain.”

From Salon

There are two powerful renditions, from 1943 and 1945, of what was regarded as the greatest of all art songs of the interwar era, Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Ol’ Man River.”

From The Wall Street Journal