Posthistory

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The history of events that occur after (and are consequences of) an event (e.g. a crisis, a reconciliation, etc). countable, uncountable

    "The Christmas messages of Pope and Patriarch on the holy night of 1965 are the first documents in the posthistory of that day."

  2. 2
    The history after the end of human developments. countable, uncountable

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"The Christmas messages of Pope and Patriarch on the holy night of 1965 are the first documents in the posthistory of that day."

Etymology

From post- + history.

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