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postapartheid

postapartheid adjective: occurring after a period of apartheid.

Adjective

postapartheid (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after a period of apartheid.
    • Ten years after being published, the potent, compact tale of postapartheid South Africa has become a minor contemporary classic, a status further confirmed when Mr. Coetzee won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.2009 September 6, Nicolas Rapold, “Tough Terrain to Document: South Africa”, in New York Times

Origin of postapartheid

From post- + apartheid.

Questions about postapartheid

What does postapartheid mean?
Postapartheid means occurring after a period of apartheid.
What part of speech is postapartheid?
Postapartheid is an adjective.

Words near postapartheid in the dictionary

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  2. postantifungal
  3. postanxiety
  4. postanæsthesia
  5. postaortic
  6. postapartheid
  7. postapical
  8. postapnea
  9. postapocalypse
  10. postapocalypses
  11. postapocalyptic

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