Postbellum vs. Antebellum — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Postbellum and Antebellum
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Postbellum
Belonging to the period after a war, especially the US Civil War
Postbellum houses.
Postbellum governments.
Antebellum
Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the US Civil War
The conventions of the antebellum South
Postbellum
Of the period following a war.
Antebellum
Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
Postbellum
(US) Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.
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Antebellum
Of the time period prior to a war.
A renewed sense of national pride arose in Hitler's antebellum Germany.
Antebellum
(US) Of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
Slavery was an accepted part of antebellum plantation life.
Antebellum
Belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
Antebellum
Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
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