"postfame" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more postfame [comparative], most postfame [superlative]
Etymology: From post- + fame. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|fame}} post- + fame Head templates: {{en-adj}} postfame (comparative more postfame, superlative most postfame)
  1. After having been famous (but now forgotten).
    Sense id: en-postfame-en-adj-Sl7vWsL0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with post-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. After having become famous (and now famous).
    Sense id: en-postfame-en-adj-I-98zIZz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with post-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
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          "ref": "2004, Paul Buhle, From the Lower East Side to Hollywood, page 181:",
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          "ref": "2020, Daisy Bateman, Murder Goes to Market:",
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          "ref": "2008, Joseph Lennon, Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History, page 157:",
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          "ref": "2011, Sally Banes, Writing Dancing in the Age of Postmodernism, page 138:",
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