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Postwar meaning

Alternative spelling of post-war.

Synonyms of Postwar

Using Postwar

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of post-war.
  • Useful related words include: prewar.
  • In the example corpus, postwar often appears in combinations such as: the postwar, of postwar, postwar period.

Context around Postwar

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Postwar

  • In this selection, "postwar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, czech, impoverished, period, literature and czechoslovakia stand out and add context to how "postwar" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1950s with postwar families taking and an impoverished postwar couple trying. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "postwar" sits close to words such as barbados, bustling and carving, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with postwar

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Postwar The Japanese growth in the postwar period was often called a "miracle". (13 words)

The postwar decades saw a huge expansion of U.S. political and military power. (14 words)

Moravia writes about Rome in a very different moment historically — in postwar (World War II) Italy. (16 words)

The postwar inter-American system paid off for the United States most dramatically when the OAS backed the United States against Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, arguably the greatest-ever national security threat to the United States. (38 words)

Jews are confronting a level of antisemitism not previously experienced in postwar Australia and, within progressive circles and institutions and even among some Jews, a wholesale revision of Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state. (35 words)

Moving between erotic vignettes, poignant snapshots of nature and politically piquant peeks into life in postwar Japan, this exhibition proves there is so much more to Moriyama than fishnet stockings and street scenes. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Czech postwar literature is tightly intertwined with the political state of postwar Czechoslovakia; as during the war, literature broke apart into three main branches: domestic published, domestic illegal, and exile literature.

It is a relatively uncomplicated and sentimental love story dealing with an impoverished postwar couple trying to enjoy, within the devastation of postwar Tokyo, their one weekly day off.

Postwar period main Iraq's ethnic and religious divisions, together with the brutality of the conflict that this had engendered, laid the groundwork for postwar rebellions.

Postwar The Japanese growth in the postwar period was often called a "miracle".

A bit late, it would seem, to catch the wave of conservatism, conformity and consensus that hung over the American nation through much of the postwar era.

A growing shift in power to independent media and civil society that will shape the country’s postwar society.

But EU leaders are hoping that the new planned expansion will redraw more than the continent’s postwar economic map.

Forbidden Notebook is in part a documentation of postwar changes in women’s lives, observed with the meticulous detail of neorealism.

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Jews are confronting a level of antisemitism not previously experienced in postwar Australia and, within progressive circles and institutions and even among some Jews, a wholesale revision of Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state.

Kenzaburo Oe, 88. The Nobel literature laureate whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan's postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son.

Moravia writes about Rome in a very different moment historically — in postwar (World War II) Italy.

More South Korean senior citizens are dying than ever before, with the postwar baby boom generation now reaching the seventies.

Moving between erotic vignettes, poignant snapshots of nature and politically piquant peeks into life in postwar Japan, this exhibition proves there is so much more to Moriyama than fishnet stockings and street scenes.

Palestinian officials have said they will consider a postwar role in Gaza only in the context of concrete US-backed steps toward statehood.

S. alliance at a summit in Washington, as Japan breaks from its postwar restraint to take on more offensive roles with an eye toward China.

Taken together, these stories of transgression form a scathing commentary on postwar European moral rot and the meaning of rebellion in the face of a corrupt world.

The decline of 25th Street’s notorious reputation came in the mid-1950s, with postwar families taking advantage of the interstate highway system, leaving behind the railroads and driving their cars everywhere.

The first was during the 1980s, when Thatcherism ensured the greatest rise in inequality in the postwar period.

The postwar decades saw a huge expansion of U.S. political and military power.

The postwar inter-American system paid off for the United States most dramatically when the OAS backed the United States against Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, arguably the greatest-ever national security threat to the United States.

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Common combinations with postwar

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "postwar" in a sentence?
An example: "Czech postwar literature is tightly intertwined with the political state of postwar Czechoslovakia; as during the war, literature broke apart into three main branches: domestic published, domestic illegal, and exile literature." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "postwar" from authentic English texts.
What does "postwar" mean?
Postwar means: Alternative spelling of post-war.
What are synonyms of "postwar"?
Common synonyms of "postwar" include: prewar.
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