postlapsarian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of postlapsarian
1725–35; post- + -lapsarian, as in infralapsarian, supralapsarian ( def. )
Example Sentences
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This is simply practical; only the postlapsarian, who have conceded the wild for modernity’s ease, would see oneness with nature as esoteric ancient wisdom, unmoored from necessity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020
But she has also equated this supposed fallenness with the arrival of her songs, which, after putting her newborn daughter up for adoption, began to pour out of her as a kind of postlapsarian poetry.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2020
For many of us who participated in the early days of the web, the last few years have felt almost postlapsarian.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2018
She went from a steady maker of big hits to some kind of postlapsarian has-been, seemingly overnight.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2016
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