postcontact
- adjective
- /ˌpoʊstˈkɒntækt/
- Formal
- For the Lemhi Shoshoni, societal changes during the postcontact period largely were determined by their involvement in changing political and economic relations with other societies, their geographical position, and their ability to respond within culturally prescribed limits to the conditions prevalent in their history.
Examples
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Such a perspective, comparing as it does the nature of women's power with that of men in precontact and postcontact situations, overvalues certain gender imperatives among the Australian Aboriginal societies.
Academic text (1992) -
Many archaeological studies focus on the shifts in technology and lifestyle that occurred during postcontact times.
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The artists explored themes of identity and culture in their work from the postcontact era.
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The changes in the local traditions can be traced back to postcontact influences from neighboring communities.
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Etymology
Postcontact begins with post- meaning 'after', like in postwar, and ends with contact meaning 'a meeting'. So it describes something that exists or happens after the first meeting between different groups, especially different cultures.
