See also: post-apocalypse

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Etymology

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From post- +‎ apocalypse.

Noun

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postapocalypse (plural postapocalypses)

  1. The time after the apocalypse.
    • 2009 July 21, Brian Stelter, “It’s Doomsday Once Again. Are We Having Fun Yet?”, in New York Times[1]:
      The show is a gamble on the part of Discovery and Mr. Beers, who is best known for “Deadliest Catch,” as it seeks to capitalize on society’s fascination with the postapocalypse.
    • 2013, Mary K. Leigh, Kevin K. Durand, editors, Marxism and the Movies: Critical Essays on Class Struggle in the Cinema[2]:
      "Instead, the film focuses on the plight of those living in the postapocalypse and on the seemingly implacable powers that control, limit and punish them."