post-waradj.n.
/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈwɔː/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈwɔr/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the period after a war (esp. those of 1914–18 or 1939–45).
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society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > before or after war
antebellum1826
postbellum1841
post-war1853
pre-war1868
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
1853 Brief Mem. George Mifflin Dallas 11 As a post war measure, it [sc. the policy of a National Bank] was regarded with a degree of favor.
1887 Science 11 Feb. 136/1 In respect to cotton, the ante-war crops are given as well as the post-war crops.
1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 22/1 The sheep population reached a post-war maximum in 1932.
1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. i. v. 34 Some resistance to accepting the validity of post-war pioneering studies.
1993 Newsweek 11 Jan. 37/1 He had been elected in 1960 at the high-water mark of the postwar American abundance.
B. n.
The period following a war.
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society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > time of > time between or after war
after-war1845
post-war1934
the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > other historical periods
antiquityc1375
Christian antiquity1577
the days of ignorance1652
the time of ignorance1652
dark ages1656
Lower Empire1668
the age of reason1792
Scythism1793
grand siècle1811
the Age of Enlightenment1825
the Hundred Days1827
Tom and Jerry days1840
regency1841
industrial age1843
Régence1845
viking age1847
ignorance1867
renascence1868
Renaissance1872
gilded age1874
jazz era1919
jazz age1920
post-war1934
steam age1941
postcolonialism1955
information age1960
1934 W. Lewis in Time & Tide 20 Oct. 1312/2 The world has been held up for twenty years by War, Post-war, and then by Slump.
1947 Partisan Rev. 14 454 The tank driver of the War becomes the tractor driver of the Postwar.
1988 P. Johnson Intellectuals 274 In the post-war he brought in his nephew,..another exceptionally able executive.
Compounds
post-war credit n. Now historical a system of additional personal taxation to supplement wartime expenditure and repayable during the post-war period; a sum of money or promissory note associated with such a scheme.Used chiefly with reference to the system introduced the British Government in 1941.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > types or schemes of taxation
property taxation1844
post-war credit1918
1918 Times 30 Oct. 11/1 It [sc. the report] is also highly conservative in its attitude towards any suggestion..for the further creation of new post-war credit as a means of financing large extensions of industrial and commercial enterprise.
1942 Times 9 July 2/3 The issue of over 9,000,000 certificates for post-war credit in respect of income-tax payments for the year 1941–42 has begun.
2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 19 Nov. 52 I have come across a Certificate of Post-War Credit made out to me for 9/19s/6d..and dated April 29, 1947, which must have been sent to me when I was serving overseas. Is this a valid document.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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