post-war
Adjective
Meaning
Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.
After the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
After the end of World War II in 1945.
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post war
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Examples
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.
The post-war "publish or perish" tyranny must end. The profession has become obsessed with quantity rather than quality. [...] One brilliant article should outweigh one mediocre book.
The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period.
We must restore some stability and be prepared, if necessary, to make some sacrifices, both of dogma and materialism, to achieve it. There is no point in pretending that we are not facing an economic crisis without precedent since the growth of post-war prosperity.
The appropriate time for the ultimate release of the deposits will have arrived at the onset of the first post-war slump.