post-apocalyptic

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post-apocalyptic

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Occurring after an apocalypse or catastrophic event. Many of us feel the imminence of breakdown so acutely that we cope by entertaining ourselves with various versions of life in a post-apocalyptic bunker, streaming Apple’s Silo or Hulu’s Paradise.
Of or pertaining to a fiction genre dealing with the collapse of society. Stephen King is an author of post-apocalyptic fiction.

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Español	postapocalíptico
中文	後世界末日 /后世界末日 hòushìjièmòrì, 後末日 /后末日 hòumòrì, 末世風 /末世风 mòshìfēng, 廢土風 /废土风 fèitǔfēng
Português	pós-apocalíptico
Français	post-apocalyptique
Deutsch	postapokalyptisch
Русский	постапокалиптический postapokaliptičeskij

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@misc{post_apocalyptic_2026,
  title = {post-apocalyptic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/post-apocalyptic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}