"postbellum" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -ɛləm Etymology: Latin post bellum (literally “after the war”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|post bellum|lit=after the war}} Latin post bellum (literally “after the war”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} postbellum (not comparable)
  1. Of the period following a war. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Translations (of the period following a war): следвоенен (sledvoenen) (Bulgarian), postguerra (Catalan), 戰後的 (Chinese Mandarin), 战后的 (Chinese Mandarin), poválečný (Czech), naoorlogs (Dutch), sõjajärgne (Estonian), sodanjälkeinen (Finnish), d’après-guerre (French), Nachkriegszeit (German), μεταπολεμικός (metapolemikós) (Greek), postbellico (Italian), 戦後の (Japanese), 전후의 (jeonhuui) (Korean), powojenny (Polish), pós-guerra (Portuguese), após-guerra (Portuguese), postbelic (Romanian), послевое́нный (poslevojénnyj) (Russian), de posguerra (Spanish), efterkrigs- (Swedish), savaş sonrası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-postbellum-en-adj-dp9BnkLC Disambiguation of Time: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'of the period following a war': 79 21
  2. (US) Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South. Tags: US, not-comparable Categories (topical): Time, War
    Sense id: en-postbellum-en-adj-uN-nMd9o Disambiguation of Time: 53 47 Disambiguation of War: 14 86 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-war, post-bellum

Alternative forms

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