Post-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately after a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45.
In the post-war years her writing regularly appeared in The New Journal.
He really was one of the finest boxers in post-war Britain.
...postwar architecture.
post-war in British English
adjective
happening or existing after a war
the early post-war years
Examples of 'post-war' in a sentence
post-war
Their numbers have increased rapidly in the post-war period.
Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995)
During the post-war period the art world was in the doldrums.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It really is one of the most persuasive pieces of post-war architecture around.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
For most miners, the post-war period was therefore one of growing prosperity.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
Britain's role in international politics in the early post-war years could be interpreted in different ways.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
As the book progresses from the post-war period to the present, an argument takes shape that songwriters and their audiences are not what they used to be.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
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British English: post-war ADJECTIVE
Post-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately after a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45.
In the post-war years her writing regularly appeared in journals.