post-Hol·o·caust
| \ ˌpōst-ˈhō-lə-ˌkȯst
, -ˈhä- also -ˌkäst or -ˈhȯ-lə-kȯst \
, -ˈhä- also -ˌkäst or -ˈhȯ-lə-kȯst \
Definition of post-Holocaust
: existing or occurring after the Holocaust of World War II
post-Holocaust literature the post-Holocaust generation Cohen wrote for post-Holocaust times, bravely countering Theodore Adorno's notion that there could be no poetry after Auschwitz.— Mark Kidel
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“Post-Holocaust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post-Holocaust. Accessed 1 Jul. 2022.
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