postliberation love

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective After liberation.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

post- +‎ liberation

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word postliberation.

Examples

  • The goods these postliberation Africans possess are part of who they are.

    Charmed and Dangerous William Meyers 2011

  • But it was only the first chapter of the postliberation narrative.

    'Bring Me My Machine Gun' 2009

  • The two men have a long, complicated, familial relationship, rooted in a shared experience of the liberation struggle; bonded, too, by a shared distaste -- even contempt -- for the postliberation-movement African politics that leaders like Mr. Tsvangirai represent.

    Mbeki and Mugabe 2008

  • The two men have a long, complicated, familial relationship, rooted in a shared experience of the liberation struggle; bonded, too, by a shared distaste -- even contempt -- for the postliberation-movement African politics that leaders like Mr. Tsvangirai represent.

    Mbeki and Mugabe 2008

  • It would be more accurate to say that the turn against fanaticism is an unintended consequence of the unanticipated difficulties of managing postliberation Iraq -- in other words, it's something that's gone right after something else went wrong.

    The Limits of Fanaticism 2008

  • The postliberation government began to rebuild the wartorn country, collectivize agriculture, and institute a five-year economic plan.

    1976, June 2001

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.