interwar
adjective
in·ter·war
ˌin-tər-ˈwȯr 
variants
or less commonly inter-war
: occurring or existing in the time between wars and especially between the First and Second World Wars
the interwar period
interwar Germany
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The men and women whose political visions were formed in the interwar period carried those ideals forward into the Cold War era.
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Tony Wood, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
How did the virulent nationalism and fraught politics of France’s interwar period—no less racked by crisis than its nuclear-era dénouement—inform the artist’s approach to figure and form?
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
While the phrase hat trick remains in cricket, hat prizes themselves began to disappear in the early 1900s, during the interwar period.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
The Lost Shtetl Museum preserves shtetl life and loss by focusing on the small agricultural town of Seduva in the country’s north during the interwar years between 1918 and 1940.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Tony Wood, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
How did the virulent nationalism and fraught politics of France’s interwar period—no less racked by crisis than its nuclear-era dénouement—inform the artist’s approach to figure and form?
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
While the phrase hat trick remains in cricket, hat prizes themselves began to disappear in the early 1900s, during the interwar period.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
The Lost Shtetl Museum preserves shtetl life and loss by focusing on the small agricultural town of Seduva in the country’s north during the interwar years between 1918 and 1940.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Interwar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interwar. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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