inter-waradj.
Of a period occurring between wars; spec. of the period 1919 to 1939 between the two world wars.
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society > armed hostility > peace > [adjective] > between wars
inter-war1939
interbellum1940
interbelline1958
society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [adjective] > between first and second world wars
inter-war1939
between the wars1958
the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > pre- or post-war
antebellum1826
postbellum1841
post-war1853
ante-war1857
after-war1871
inter-war1939
between-war1941
1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 74 The inter~war period through which we have just passed.
1944 W. Temple Church looks Forward v. 39 There must be no slipping back into the self-seeking and self-indulgence of the interwar years.
1959 Encounter Aug. 47/1 In the inter-war period [in Hungary] a limited number of Government and Opposition newspapers could be printed.
1973 Listener 25 Jan. 104/3 Mein Kampf is a vital document of the inter-war period.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1939