Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postslavery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-slav-ery
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Since the end of a period of slavery.

Example Sentences

"Perhaps it's no coincidence that, just as there's a rap gap, the gap between the black middle class and the one-third of the black community classified as poor is larger now than ever before in African-Americans' postslavery history."

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 slavery English postslavery From post- + slavery.

Questions

What does postslavery mean?: Since the end of a period of slavery.
Where does postslavery come from?: 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 slavery English postslavery From post- + slavery.

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