posthistory

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posthistory

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From post- + history.

noun posthistories

  1. countable, uncountable The history of events that occur after (and are consequences of) an event (e.g. a crisis, a reconciliation, etc). The Christmas messages of Pope and Patriarch on the holy night of 1965 are the first documents in the posthistory of that day.
  2. countable, uncountable The history after the end of human developments.

Opposite: prehistory

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noun

Opposite: prehistory

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noun history after an event

日本語後史 goshi
中文後史 /后史 hòushǐ
DeutschNachgeschichte
Русскийпостисто́рия postistórija

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@misc{posthistory_2026,
  title = {posthistory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posthistory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}