postbellum
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postbellum
Rhymes with -ɛləm
Where it comes from
From Latin post bellum (literally “after the war”).
adjective post-bellum
- Of the period following a war. For most Europeans, a postbellum world had seemed the self-evident future, says Finland’s president, Sauli Niinistö.
- Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South. Midway through Donald McCaig’s unexpectedly diverting novel, “Rhett Butler’s People,” a black man about to be lynched in the post-bellum South asks Rhett to please shoot him dead before the mob breaks into the jail and does worse.
Similar: post-war · Opposite: antebellum, pre-war
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adjective
Similar: post-war · Opposite: antebellum, pre-war
Translations
Every language
adj of the period following a war
| Español | de posguerra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 전후의 jeonhuui |
| 日本語 | 戦後の |
| 中文 | 戰後的 /战后的 |
| Português | pós-guerra, após-guerra |
| Français | d’après-guerre |
| Deutsch | Nachkriegszeit |
| Italiano | postbellico |
| Ελληνικά | μεταπολεμικός metapolemikós |
| Română | postbelic |
| Русский | послевое́нный poslevojénnyj |
Talk about this word "postbellum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/postbellum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. postbellum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/postbellum "postbellum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/postbellum.Cite this
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title = {postbellum},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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