transwar

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Etymology[edit]

trans- +‎ war, compare transregional (“spanning across regions”).

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transwar (not comparable)

  1. Referring to a period spanning from before to during and after a war, especially the period from before to after (and including) one of the World Wars.
    Coordinate terms: (between wars) interwar, (before a war) pre-war, (after a war) post-war
    • 1999 February, A. J. Arnold, "Profitability and Capital Accumulation in British Industry during the Transwar Period, 1913-1924", in The Economic History Review, new series, vol. 52, no. 1
    • 2022, Annika A. Culver, Japan's Empire of Birds, page 10:
      The book interrogates questions of social space illuminating national identity, gender, race, and social status during the transwar period from the 1920s until 1950s, including the interwar, wartime, Allied Occupation, and early Cold War periods.

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