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单词 postimperial
释义

postimperial

adjective

post·​im·​pe·​ri·​al ˌpōst-im-ˈpir-ē-əl How to pronounce postimperial (audio)
: of, relating to, or occurring in the period following the dissolution of an empire
postimperial Britain
Although the postwar system of international relations was not static, it is right to call it postimperial. Robert Skidelsky

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Queen’s title, therefore, was a sign of the coming age, a beacon in the fog of the 1950s lighting the way to the postimperial world that exists today. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022 Against this harsh reality, the submarine deal appears to reflect a declining superpower, riven by internal discord and imperiled by democratic collapse, leading a diminished postimperial power down a cul-de-sac of geopolitical irrelevance. Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books, 13 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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