postindependence

postindependence

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English independence
English postindependence

    From post- + independence.

    Adjective

    postindependence (not comparable)

    1. Occurring after a country has achieved independence
      • 2007 December 23, Joshua Hammer, “The African Front”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        These are some of the most extraordinary and unsettling times in Kenya's postindependence history.
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