Definition of "post-war" []

• Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict (adjective)

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• "Mass housing became the watchword of post-war planners."
• "But some questions remain, because as Colin Powell once said when referring to post-war Iraq, the "Pottery Barn Rule" now applies."
• "In 1952 in the midst of the post-war religious boom, Republican Dwight Eisenhower received exactly the same percentage of support 59 percent among Americans who attended religious services frequently and among those who never attended."