postwar

American  

[pohst-wawr] / ˈpoʊstˈwɔr /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war.

   postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.

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Etymology

Origin of postwar

First recorded in 1905–10; post- + war ¹

Example Sentences

But neither was he drawn to the issue-laden work of his more politically minded postwar British playwriting peers, that new breed of dramatist unleashed by John Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger.”

From Los Angeles Times

This “Treaty of Detroit” became the postwar model—unions accepted management control in exchange for rising wages and benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its home country, Germany, is shedding its postwar reticence on military spending to lead the charge.

From The Wall Street Journal

We rightly fear nuclear proliferation, and yet “amazing grace and good fortune,” and admirable postwar statecraft, “actually bent the arc of history.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Once Ms. Aikin reaches the postwar period, the myriad bibliographic and library-science programs and groups, with their ubiquitous acronyms, becomes dizzying.

From The Wall Street Journal