interwar
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British/ˈɪn.tə.wɔ(ː)/
interwar adjective: during or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).
Adjective
interwar (not comparable)
- During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).
- His family emigrated to America in the interwar years.
- But while there remains a considerable degree of consensus that the consequence of apparently losing the plot sometime between 1914 and 1918 was the cultural and economic malaise of the 1920s and 1930s, there are still some who look back on the interwar years less with criticism than with nostalgia.1995, John Frank Williams, The Quarantined Culture: Australian Reactions to Modernism, 1913–1939, page 219
- Synonyms:
- interbellum, pre-war
Synonyms of interwar
Forms of interwar
| alternative form | inter-war |
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Origin of interwar
From inter- + war.
Questions about interwar
- What does interwar mean?
- Interwar means during or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).
- What part of speech is interwar?
- Interwar is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce interwar?
- Interwar is pronounced /ˈɪn.tə.wɔ(ː)/ (British).
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