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post·apoc·a·lyp·tic | \ ˌpōst-ə-ˌpä-kə-ˈlip-tik 
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\Definition of postapocalyptic
: existing or occurring after a catastrophically destructive disaster or apocalypse In a postapocalyptic world where nature has become just as violent as humanity …— Gretchen Crowley postapocalyptic films [=films that are set in a postapocalyptic world]
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postapocalypse \ ˌpōst-ə-ˈpä-kə-ˌlips \ noun
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The postapocalypse has been trendy for a while, but of late, there seems to be a spate of tales of the end times, and we eat them up. — Molly Eichel
Examples of postapocalyptic in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web All these different characters and communities are consumed by the kind of postapocalyptic stress that usually leads to conflict.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, "The Last of Us Part II Tests the Limits of Video-Game Violence," 1 July 2020 The Last of Us, Part 2 looks to be … a dark, brutal meditation on violence and power in a postapocalyptic landscape.
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Julie Muncy, Wired, "The 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2020," 11 Jan. 2020 Every year in the city of New Babyl, the last living colony on a postapocalyptic Earth, a handful of musically gifted 16-year-olds are chosen to represent their districts in a competition called The Exemplar.
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Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, "Utopia Falls Is a Bold Attempt to Make a Better YA Dystopia," 13 Feb. 2020 Death Stranding - Kojima Productions, Nov. 8, 2019 Norman Reedus plays Sam Porter Bridges, a courier in a postapocalyptic version of America.
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Patrick Shanley, The Hollywood Reporter, "Why More Stars Are Joining Video Games (It's Not Just a Paycheck)," 15 Nov. 2019 And this year, the Palme d’Or went to Parasite, the seventh feature from South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, whose recent films include the postapocalyptic Snowpiercer and the unnerving slaughterhouse drama Okja.
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Rachel Syme, The New Republic, "The Gripping Class Horror of Parasite," 10 Oct. 2019 Bird Box is a postapocalyptic thriller based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Josh Malerman.
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Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "The Hype Over Netflix’s Bird Box, Explained," 2 Jan. 2019 His arena of choice: Fortnite, the wildly popular battle-royal video game, set in a postapocalyptic future.
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Time Staff, Time, "The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet," 28 June 2018 The dances, the alliterative place-names, the dearth of true postapocalyptic menace: these can indicate a lack of seriousness that to some seems spell-breaking.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, "How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds," 14 May 2018
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