Antebellum antonym?

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what is the latin word that means "post war" or "after war". I know i have heard it before but cant find in in my thesaurus or dictionary. It would be the antonym to antebellum.

2006-11-07 08:44:58 · 4 answers · asked by southca49er 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

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Actually, it's simply postbellum.

2006-11-07 08:53:34 · answer #1 · answered by turdl38 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Right-- Ante means before as in "antecedent" or "ante up".... no poker player I know would let you ante after the hand :)

Postbellum is for after the war.

2006-11-07 08:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by RR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You're thinking too hard on this one.

It's postbellum.

:)

2006-11-07 08:56:29 · answer #3 · answered by darla_c_grimm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

postbellum

2006-11-07 08:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by retorik75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋