postwar
adjective
post·war
ˈpōs(t)-ˌwär 
: occurring or existing after a war
especially
: occurring or existing after World War II
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There was a boom of translation from Japanese of short stories in that decade, with collections like Ivan Morris’ Modern Japanese Stories pointing readers to a new postwar canon of Japanese writing, from Kawabata to Mishima.
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Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Both sides are already targeting civilian and energy infrastructure, boosting postwar rebuilding costs everyday.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
There were also unstated objectives such as the elimination of the Iraqi nuclear program (pretty much finished off by postwar inspections, not air strikes) and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s rule, which occurred 12 years later, after another war.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Both sides are already targeting civilian and energy infrastructure, boosting postwar rebuilding costs everyday.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
There were also unstated objectives such as the elimination of the Iraqi nuclear program (pretty much finished off by postwar inspections, not air strikes) and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s rule, which occurred 12 years later, after another war.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
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postwar
adjective
post·war
ˈpōst-ˈwȯ(ə)r
: of, relating to, or being a period after a war
postwar Europe
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