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post-apocalyptic

Adjective

Meaning

After the apocalypse.

Of or pertaining to a fiction genre dealing with the collapse of society.
Stephen King is an author of post-apocalyptic fiction.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction - just because if you're going to have this lone protagonist, they're going to need someone to talk to. Dogs are overused, and cats are dumb. So that leaves monkeys. Brian K. Vaughan

I was shooting a mini-series for Sundance/BBC, called 'Top of the Lake,' that was shot by Jane Campion, who's a beautiful native New Zealander and famous film director. The role I was playing was very intense, and they shaved half my hair off. So, I looked like this post-apocalyptic character. Jay Ryan

I quite like post-apocalyptic films, things like 'Mad Max' for instance, because they are so full on and there is something quite cleansing about the post-apocalyptic because you can see where we all think we're heading. Anthony Daniels

Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that it's going on right now. Lisa Gardner

As a foreigner, I used to think all of Michigan was a post-apocalyptic wasteland of burning buildings, trashed cars, abandoned factories and broken dreams. But now I know that's just Detroit. It's only the Democrat-controlled areas that are a disaster. Milo Yiannopoulos

Aired on 8 March 1990, Bush plays the bride Angela at a wedding set in a post-apocalyptic version of Britain. Source: Internet

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