interwar

[ in-ter-wawr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

occurring during a period of peace between two wars, war, especially between World War I and World War II.

interwar

/ ˌɪntəˈwɔː /

First recorded in 1935–40; inter- + war ¹

In a small society like that of interwar England, personality counted.

It would indeed be a tragedy if Europe splinters apart as it did in the interwar period.

Several of the interwar composers were still active in 1970, together with new younger composers.

The music of the interwar composers showed the influence of German romanticism and postromanticism and of modern French music.

Most members come from peasant or worker families and are veterans of the communist movement of the interwar period.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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