post-Holocaust

adjective

post-Hol·​o·​caust ˌpōst-ˈhō-lə-ˌkȯst How to pronounce post-Holocaust (audio)
-ˈhä-,
 also  -ˌkäst,
 or  -ˈhȯ-lə-kȯst
: existing or occurring after the Holocaust of World War II
post-Holocaust literature
the post-Holocaust generation
Cohen wrote for post-Holocaust times, bravely countering Theodore Adorno's notion that there could be no poetry after Auschwitz.Mark Kidel

Examples of post-Holocaust in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Biden is among the last of the old-school U.S. congressional lawmakers who were reared in the post-Holocaust period where an emerging Israel struggled for its survival against greater Arab powers and won. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024 Advertisement Biden is among the last of the old-school U.S. congressional lawmakers who were reared in the post-Holocaust period where an emerging Israel struggled for its survival against greater Arab powers and won. Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024 Lord Eric Pickles, Britain’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, announced last July that a panel of experts would try to settle the — at times heated — debate. Claire Moses, New York Times, 22 May 2024 At the time, the organization began collecting testimonies from survivors of the attacks as part of their Countering Antisemitism Through Testimony Collection initiative, an initiative that documents post-Holocaust antisemitism. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024 Lord Eric Pickles, Britain’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, announced last summer that a panel of experts would attempt to settle a debate that has long vexed the island. Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024 Already, the steady drumbeat of media generated by the anti-FAB press machine had rattled some in London, and Lord Eric Pickles, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, had taken note. Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024 The concert showcased a rich tapestry of melodies and Yiddish songs, echoing the voices of Jewish and Roma musicians from both pre- and post-Holocaust eras. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024 Already Israel’s response has been subject to the same cries of moral equivalence, the same demands for a premature cease-fire, the same perversion of international law from its post-Holocaust purpose. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of post-Holocaust was in 1968

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“Post-Holocaust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post-Holocaust. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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