postwar

[ pohst-wawr ]

adjective

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

   postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of postwar¹

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

Example Sentences

The new album’s title track ponders the optimism of a postwar generation that saw itself as ushering in a golden age.

From Los Angeles Times

Sushi's arrival in the postwar U.S. coincided with the rise of consumer culture.

From Salon

At the Palm Springs Art Museum, “Particles and Waves: Southern California Abstraction and Science, 1945-1990” takes good account of the general impact the postwar tech boom had on the region’s painters and sculptors.

From Los Angeles Times

That may not have been as brief as government economists expected at the outset, but it wasn’t as severe as several earlier postwar episodes.

From Los Angeles Times

Paying tribute on X, formerly Twitter, The Jamaica Society Leeds posted that Mr Gardner had been "a proud Jamaican and part of a generation who helped to rebuild postwar Leeds and Britain".

From BBC