Postdictatorial

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    After a dictatorship has ended. not-comparable

    "Rojas was expected to bring peace, prosperity, and even remedies for Colombia’s desperate social problems that still lurk—and perhaps more so in the present postdictatorial period than ever before—as the greatest danger to the nation’s long-range stability."

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"Rojas was expected to bring peace, prosperity, and even remedies for Colombia’s desperate social problems that still lurk—and perhaps more so in the present postdictatorial period than ever before—as the greatest danger to the nation’s long-range stability."

Etymology

From post- + dictatorial.

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