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

It was built by federal loan programs, the postwar college wage premium and decades of expanding demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

But postwar Germany, unlike France after Napoleon, had no victory to celebrate and no one left who was eager to honor the fallen tyrant.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Iranian state media estimates that postwar reconstruction could cost around $270 billion, a crippling sum for a country with an annual gross domestic product last year of $341 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Electronic television emerged from a 1927 breakthrough by Philo Farnsworth, but its true impact arrived during the postwar boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

But this takes a lot longer than I would like: we are a far cry from picket fences and white curtains, here in our lagoon of postwar mud.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood