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

On Day One of a new postwar world, the rebuilding of a great city had already begun.

From The Wall Street Journal

Utility and power officials for years have argued for upgrading the aging transmission system, much of which was built to support the postwar population boom in the 1950s and 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Merz delivered the most remarkable foreign-policy sentence ever spoken by a postwar German leader: “Legal classifications under international law will achieve relatively little—especially when they largely remain without consequences.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Does anyone think it would have been a good idea to keep an allegedly “reformed” Gestapo in place as a postwar law enforcement agency?

From Salon

Many were buoyed by the postwar economic boom, access to affordable college educations and workplace pensions, and growth in the housing and stock markets, MarketWatch recently reported.

From MarketWatch