post-apartheid, adjective and & noun

/ˌpəʊstəˈpɑːtheɪt/
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EnglishShow more English post after + apartheid.
A. adjective Of or pertaining to a South Africa in which apartheid no longer exists.
1986 E. Prov. Herald 25 June 24While disinvestment and sanctions might seem compelling..the consequences of these punitive measures will exact a high price.., particularly in the post-apartheid society of the future.
1988 R.S.A. Policy Review (Bureau of Information) Vol.1 No.1, 25As part of this change in style, the ANC drafted constitutional guidelines for a post-apartheid South Africa.
1990 T.M. Nkosi in Tribute Sept. 54Any social order different from this one can be called ‘new South Africa’, but it may not necessarily be a post-apartheid social order.
1991 S. Macleod in Time 5 Aug. 11The All-Party Conference..where the major political groups, white and black, will decide how negotiations on a postapartheid constitution should proceed.
1991 S. Macleod in Time 12The black leader..clearly aspires to be South Africa’s first postapartheid head of Government.
1993 Weekend Post 30 Oct. 4Negotiators face a deadline of next Friday to agree on an interim constitution to carry the country through to a democratic post-apartheid era.
B. noun nonce. The time after apartheid.
1990 D. Beckett in Frontline Sept. 30He’s moved into a whole new realm — beyond anti-apartheid, or post post-apartheid...Joe’s gone beyond the old story about how apartheid caused every ill, and ‘post-apartheid’ is Nirvana.
Of or pertaining to a South Africa in which apartheid no longer exists.
The time after apartheid.
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