interwar
Between world wars
Interwar describes the period between two wars, almost always referring to the years between World War I and World War II (1918–1939): interwar Europe, the interwar period.
The term captures a distinct historical era marked by economic upheaval, political instability, and the uneasy peace that preceded renewed global conflict.
French royal palace complex
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- appeasementSatisfying demands to prevent conflict
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
mandate · plebiscite · sanctions · nonaggression · neutrality · isolationism · détente · conciliation
Rebuilding after destruction
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
- boomLoud deep sound
rebuilding · rehabilitation · restoration · resurgence · renewal
Policy seeking lost territory
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- militarismPro-force national policy
- rearmamentRebuilding military capacity
Rhineland · Manchuria · Abyssinia · Sudetenland · polarization · aggression · hostility · resentment
Sudden violent impact
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- breadlinesQueues for free food
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
protectionism · Smoot-Hawley · instability · volatility · precariousness · insecurity · uncertainty · turmoil
Improvisational American music genre
- BauhausInfluential modernist design school
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- dadaismAbsurdist artistic movement
flappers · cinema · talkies · radio · aviation · Lindbergh · automobiles · streamlining
Versailles
French royal palace complex
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- appeasementSatisfying demands to prevent conflict
reparations · mandate · plebiscite · sanctions · nonaggression · neutrality · isolationism · détente · conciliation · summit
reconstruction
Rebuilding after destruction
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
boom · rebuilding · rehabilitation · restoration · resurgence · renewal
revanchism
Policy seeking lost territory
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
- militarismPro-force national policy
rearmament · Rhineland · Manchuria · Abyssinia · Sudetenland · polarization · aggression · hostility · resentment · distrust
crash
Sudden violent impact
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- breadlinesQueues for free food
deflation · protectionism · Smoot-Hawley · instability · volatility · precariousness · insecurity · uncertainty · turmoil · unrest
jazz
Improvisational American music genre
- BauhausInfluential modernist design school
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
dadaism · flappers · cinema · talkies · radio · aviation · Lindbergh · automobiles · streamlining · skyscrapers
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- erasera, epoch, age, bronze age, period
- 20th Century EuropeNazi Germany, Holocaust, Berlin Wall, Iron Curtain, Soviet Union
- literary periodsRenaissance, medieval, Victorian, modern, contemporary
interwarwartime
Period of armed conflict
at war · war years · warring · belligerent · prewar
interwarWorld War I
First global military conflict
World War II · Great War · Second World War · postwar · prewar