Preapocalyptic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Preapocalyptic is an adjective meaning Before an apocalypse.
Meaning
Before an apocalypse.
Example Sentences
Rachel’s decision is partly based on her fear of another attack on New York: they were trying to understand, Hans recalls, “whether we were in a preapocalyptic situation, like the European Jews in the ’30s or the last citizens of Pompeii, or whether our situation was merely near apocalyptic, like that of the cold war inhabitants of New York, London, Washington and, for that matter, Moscow.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include peri-apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, apocalyptic, postapocalyptic, precataclysmic, prepandemic.
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