postwar
Following the fighting
Postwar means occurring or existing after a war, especially after World War II: postwar reconstruction, the postwar economic boom.
The term typically refers to the period immediately following a conflict, when societies rebuild and adjust: postwar Germany, postwar baby boom.
Without further specification, postwar usually evokes the late 1940s and 1950s.
Period of high births
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- suburbiaResidential areas outside cities
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
McCarthyism · space race · Iron Curtain · Marshall Plan · NATO · counterculture · rock 'n' roll · television
Constructing anew after destruction
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- restorationReturning something to condition
modernization · reparations · revitalization · renewal · aid · investment · planning · housing
Agreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- détenteEasing of strained relations
disarmament · coexistence · reconciliation · occupation · surrender · demilitarization · Nuremberg · Geneva Conventions
War-induced psychological trauma
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- combat stressWarfare-induced psychological trauma
survivor guilt · displacement · grief · loss · veterans · orphans · refugees · repatriation
Loud deep sound
- expansionIncrease in scope
- economic miracleRapid postwar prosperity surge
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
middle class · mass production · full employment · Wirtschaftswunder · consumer goods · homeownership · automobile · highway
baby boom
Period of high births
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- suburbiaResidential areas outside cities
consumerism · McCarthyism · space race · Iron Curtain · Marshall Plan · NATO · counterculture · rock 'n' roll · television · nuclear family
rebuilding
Constructing anew after destruction
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
restoration · modernization · reparations · revitalization · renewal · aid · investment · planning · housing · resettlement
armistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
détente · disarmament · coexistence · reconciliation · occupation · surrender · demilitarization · Nuremberg · Geneva Conventions · peacekeeping
shell shock
War-induced psychological trauma
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
combat stress · survivor guilt · displacement · grief · loss · veterans · orphans · refugees · repatriation · missing in action
boom
Loud deep sound
- expansionIncrease in scope
- economic miracleRapid postwar prosperity surge
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
urbanization · middle class · mass production · full employment · Wirtschaftswunder · consumer goods · homeownership · automobile · highway · shopping mall
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- history termsempire, dynasty, colonialism, Renaissance, Enlightenment
- apartmentsapartment, studio, flat, triplex, loft
- erasera, epoch, age, bronze age, period
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
- postwar eraPeriod following armed conflict
- postwar recoveryRebuilding after armed conflict
- postwar reconstructionRestoring nations after conflict
war, warrior, warfare, warring, warlike, warship, wartime, warmonger, prewar