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

It was not until the 1950s that a truly global eradication effort began to appear within reach, thanks to new postwar international institutions.

From Vox

After succeeding in their initial goal to help rebuild postwar Europe, these institutions turned their attention toward South America, Asia and Africa in the 1960s.

From Washington Post

There is a provision in the 14th Amendment — Section 3 — that was explicitly designed to bar ex-Confederates from holding high office in postwar America.

From Vox

Season 1 begins in the late 1950s, tackling the postwar social issues of the era.

From Washington Post

Democratic hopes of getting to 50 seats in the Senate rest on two runoffs in Georgia, and their House majority is on track to be the smallest one the party has had in the postwar era.

From Washington Post

Unlike Brunner, Remer was itinerant, and spent much time in that other nest of postwar Nazis—Cairo.

From The Daily Beast

Spitz became a well-known figure in early postwar society circles.

From The Daily Beast

Nonetheless, files continued to fill with damaging information as postwar debriefings proceeded.

From The Daily Beast

After the postwar disintegration of the British Empire, Scots curiously disassociated themselves with the period altogether.

From The Daily Beast

The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit by Thomas J. Sugrue (1996).

From The Daily Beast

The key to service in the postwar Navy was acceptance into the Regular Navy.

From Project Gutenberg

No such change was evident in the Navy's postwar racial policy.

From Project Gutenberg

As these wore out or became obsolete, nearly all items were eventually replaced by postwar models.

From Project Gutenberg

The postwar manpower retrenchments common to all Regular Army units further reduced the size of the remaining black units.

From Project Gutenberg

These legal distinctions would become more important as the Navy's racial policy evolved in the postwar period.

From Project Gutenberg