post-apocalyptic

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1. •
   Occurring after an apocalypse or catastrophic event.

   • Many of us feel the imminence of breakdown so acutely that we cope by entertaining ourselves with various versions of life in a post-apocalyptic bunker, streaming Apple’s Silo or Hulu’s Paradise. — 2025
2. •
   Of or pertaining to a fiction genre dealing with the collapse of society.

   • Stephen King is an author of post-apocalyptic fiction.