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post-apocalyptic

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
post-apoc-a-lyp-tic
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring after an apocalypse or catastrophic event.

adj

Of or pertaining to a fiction genre dealing with the collapse of society.

Example Sentences

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 apocalyptic English post-apocalyptic From post- + apocalyptic.

Inflected Forms

more post-apocalyptic (comparative) most post-apocalyptic (superlative) postapocalyptic (alternative)

Questions

What does post-apocalyptic mean?
Occurring after an apocalypse or catastrophic event.
Where does post-apocalyptic 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 apocalyptic English post-apocalyptic From post- + apocalyptic.

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