preapocalyptic
preapocalyptic adjective: before an apocalypse.
Adjective
preapocalyptic (not comparable)
- Before an apocalypse.
- Rachel’s decision is partly based on her fear of another attack on New York: they were trying to understand, Hans recalls, “whether we were in a preapocalyptic situation, like the European Jews in the ’30s or the last citizens of Pompeii, or whether our situation was merely near apocalyptic, like...2008 May 16, Michiko Kakutani, “Post 9/11, a New York of Gatsby-Size Dreams and Loss”, in New York Times
Origin of preapocalyptic
From pre- + apocalyptic.
Questions about preapocalyptic
- What does preapocalyptic mean?
- Preapocalyptic means before an apocalypse.
- What part of speech is preapocalyptic?
- Preapocalyptic is an adjective.
Words near preapocalyptic in the dictionary
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