postapocalyptic
adjective
post·apoc·a·lyp·tic
ˌpōst-ə-ˌpä-kə-ˈlip-tik 
: existing or occurring after a catastrophically destructive disaster or apocalypse
In a postapocalyptic world where nature has become just as violent as humanity …—
Gretchen Crowley
Gretchen Crowleypostapocalyptic films [=films that are set in a postapocalyptic world]
postapocalypse
noun
The postapocalypse has been trendy for a while, but of late, there seems to be a spate of tales of the end times, and we eat them up.
—Molly Eichel
Molly Eichel
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The show is postapocalyptic and emotionally manipulative—think The Last of Us meets This Is Us—but the supple acting and careful character development pay off in the latest season.
—Dan Zak, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Heizer specifically engineered it so that future humans, scavenging for scrap in a postapocalyptic scenario, would be forced to turn back from his monument empty-handed.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Fallout does for postapocalyptic science fiction what Skyrim did for fantasy, taking place in a retrofuturistic, post-nuclear New England.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
After humanity’s extinction, a strange woman (Hilary Swank) upends the life of a teenager raised in an austere postapocalyptic bunker under the care of a maternal robot voiced by Rose Byrne.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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Dan Zak, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Heizer specifically engineered it so that future humans, scavenging for scrap in a postapocalyptic scenario, would be forced to turn back from his monument empty-handed.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Fallout does for postapocalyptic science fiction what Skyrim did for fantasy, taking place in a retrofuturistic, post-nuclear New England.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
After humanity’s extinction, a strange woman (Hilary Swank) upends the life of a teenager raised in an austere postapocalyptic bunker under the care of a maternal robot voiced by Rose Byrne.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Postapocalyptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postapocalyptic. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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