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postdefection

postdefection adjective: after defection.

Adjective

postdefection (not comparable)

  1. After defection.
    • Intriguingly, what won them back to him was an attempt by Soviet officials and expatriates in Paris to ruin his first postdefection performance by booing and throwing coins onto the stage as he began the demanding Bluebird solo in “The Sleeping Beauty.”2007 August 29, Jennifer Dunning, “Love Lost and Fame Gained for a Young Nureyev”, in New York Times

Origin of postdefection

From post- + defection.

Questions about postdefection

What does postdefection mean?
Postdefection means after defection.
What part of speech is postdefection?
Postdefection is an adjective.

Words near postdefection in the dictionary

  1. postdecisional regret
  2. postdeconstructive
  3. postdecree
  4. postdecrement
  5. postdecretal
  6. postdefection
  7. postdefervescence
  8. postdeglacial
  9. postdeirid
  10. postdelivery
  11. postdemocracies

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