pre-war

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From pre- +‎ war.

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pre-war (not comparable)

  1. Before a war.
    1. Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
    2. Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
    3. Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
      1. Especially pre-war architecture: buildings (particularly in and around New York) built between 1900 and about 1940.
      2. Between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939; interwar, especially Weimar Republic Germany.

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With reference to the World Wars, pre-war (before the outbreak of World War I in 1914) is contrasted with interwar (between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939) and post-war (after the end of World War II in 1945), but is also used to refer to some period prior to the outbreak of World War II.

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