Peri-apocalyptic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    During an apocalypse.

    "Outage is 150,000 word novel of a genre I’d call peri-apocalyptic. It’s not post-apocalyptic because it doesn’t take place after the “end of the world,” but during."

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"Outage is 150,000 word novel of a genre I’d call peri-apocalyptic. It’s not post-apocalyptic because it doesn’t take place after the “end of the world,” but during."

Etymology

From peri- (“near”) + apocalyptic.

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