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postapocalyptic

postapocalyptic is the alternative form of post-apocalyptic.

Meaning of post-apocalyptic

Adjective

post-apocalyptic (comparative more post-apocalyptic, superlative most post-apocalyptic)

  1. Occurring after an apocalypse or catastrophic event.
    • Many of us feel the imminence of breakdown so acutely that we cope by entertaining ourselves with various versions of life in a post-apocalyptic bunker, streaming Apple’s Silo or Hulu’s Paradise.2025 April 13, Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, “The rise of end times fascism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. Of or pertaining to a fiction genre dealing with the collapse of society.
    • Stephen King is an author of post-apocalyptic fiction.

Origin of postapocalyptic

From post- + apocalyptic.

Questions about postapocalyptic

What is postapocalyptic the alternative form of?
Postapocalyptic is the alternative form of post-apocalyptic.

Words near postapocalyptic in the dictionary

  1. postapartheid
  2. postapical
  3. postapnea
  4. postapocalypse
  5. postapocalypses
  6. postapocalyptic
  7. postapoplectic
  8. postapoptotic
  9. postapp
  10. postappendectomy
  11. postapplication

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