postslavery

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adjective

Since the end of a period of slavery.

OriginEnglish slavery ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

adjectivepostslavery (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSince the end of a period of slavery.

    Perhaps it's no coincidence that, just as there's a rap gap, the gap between the black middle class and the one-third of the black community classified as poor is larger now than ever before in African-Americans' postslavery history.

    1988 January 22, Salim Muwakkil, “Pop: I'm Bad, Therfore I Am”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishslavery
  8. Englishpostslavery

From post- + slavery.

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Cite this entry
APA

postslavery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postslavery

MLA

“postslavery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postslavery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postslavery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postslavery.

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