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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POSTDILUVIAN

From post- + diluvian, from Latin diluvium deluge, flood.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTDILUVIAN

postdiluvian  [ˌpəʊstdɪˈluːvɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTDILUVIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postdiluvian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES POSTDILUVIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of postdiluvian in the English dictionary

The definition of postdiluvian in the dictionary is existing or occurring after the biblical Flood. Other definition of postdiluvian is a person or thing existing after the biblical Flood.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTDILUVIAN


alluvion
əˈluːvɪən
antediluvian
ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪən
avian
ˈeɪvɪən
Bolivian
bəˈlɪvɪən
diluvian
daɪˈluːvɪən
Jugoslavian
ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːvɪən
Latvian
ˈlætvɪən
Maldivian
mɔːlˈdɪvɪən
Moldavian
mɒlˈdeɪvɪən
Moravian
məˈreɪvɪən
oblivion
əˈblɪvɪən
Octavian
ɒkˈteɪvɪən
Peruvian
pəˈruːvɪən
pluvian
ˈpluːvɪən
Scandinavian
ˌskændɪˈneɪvɪən
Servian
ˈsɜːvɪən
vesuvian
vɪˈsuːvɪən
Vitruvian
vɪˈtruːvɪən
Vivian
ˈvɪvɪən
Yugoslavian
ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːvɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTDILUVIAN

postcranial
postcranially
postcrash
postdate
postdeadline
postdebate
postdelivery
postdepression
postdevaluation
postdiluvial
postdive
postdivorce
postdoc
postdoctoral
postdoctorate
poste restante
posted
postediting
posteen
postelection

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTDILUVIAN

Asian
Asimovian
Australian
Batavian
Brian
Canadian
chavian
Chekhovian
Chekovian
Christian
Harrovian
Hungarian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
Jovian
lesbian
Nabokovian
Shavian
subclavian

Synonyms and antonyms of postdiluvian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postdiluvian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTDILUVIAN

Find out the translation of postdiluvian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of postdiluvian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postdiluvian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

postdiluvian
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

postdiluviana
570 millions of speakers

English

postdiluvian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

postdiluvian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

postdiluvian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

послепотопного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pós-diluviana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

postdiluvian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

postdiluvienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Postdiluvian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nachsintflutlichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

postdiluvian
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노아의 훙수 후의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Posdiluvian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

postdiluvian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

postdiluvian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टडिल्यूव्हियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postdiluvian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

postdiluviana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potopie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

послепотопного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

postdiluvian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετακατακλυσμιαίοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

postdiluvian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

postdiluvian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

postdiluvian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postdiluvian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTDILUVIAN»

The term «postdiluvian» is used very little and occupies the 184.128 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTDILUVIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «postdiluvian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «postdiluvian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postdiluvian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTDILUVIAN»

Discover the use of postdiluvian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postdiluvian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Making Sense of the Genesis Flood
This chapter will be looking at the origins of the postdiluvian civilizations. There has been much archaeological evidence that dates back to the time of about 3000 BC or even later in some cases. But the Bible records for us the exact facts of ...
Kristina Howells, 2008
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A Howling in the Wires: An Anthology of Writings from ...
The collection A Howling in the Wires: An Anthology of Writings from Postdiluvian New Orleans combines the vivid post-Katrina experiences captured by internet-based "bloggers" from New Orleans--individuals who don't think of themselves as ...
Sam Jasper, Mark Folse, Greg Peters, 2010
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Kingship at Its Source: A Study of the Postdiluvian Age
Literate world history took shape during the course of the third millennium BCE chiefly in the Mesopotamian land of Sumer.
John Davis Pilkey, 2007
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Secrets of the Times: Myth and History in Biblical Chronology
The postdiluvian lifespans presupposed by LXX are 100 years greater than those given by SP for ancestors from Eber to Serug, and slightly more than 100 years greater with Arpachshad and Shelah. A natural explanation for this is that the ...
Jeremy Hughes, 1990
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The Three Witnesses, and the Threefold Cord; Being the ...
Hellenic tradition supplies yet other confirmations of the Scriptural account of the antediluvian and the postdiluvian world respectively, and of the relation in which they stand to each other, according to that account. As i.—in the Pclasgi of its ...
Edward GRESWELL (B.D.), 1862
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Did Jesus Believe Genesis?
Life in Ancient Mesopotamia In late fourth millennium, the postdiluvian areas to the north of the Persian Gulf were known as Akkad (Genesis 10:10) and Sumer ( Genesis 11:2—3). A new people started to settle where no one had lived before in ...
Charles L Sanders, 2012
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A Complete System of Astronomical Chronology Unfolding the ...
John Kennedy. Postdiluvian Solar Tropi- Postdiluvian Solar Tropi- Postdiluvian Solar TropiPatriarchs. cal Years of Patriarchs. cal Years of Patriarchs. cal Years of the World. the World. the World. Arphaxad A. M. Salah A. M. Eber A. M. 1 1659 1 ...
John Kennedy, 1762
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Noah and His Times: Embracing the Consideration of Various ...
Embracing the Consideration of Various Inquiries Relative to the Antediluvian and Earlier Postdiluvian Periods, with Discussions of Several of the Leading Questions of the Present Day James Munson Olmstead. served to favor the opinion that ...
James Munson Olmstead, 1853
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The Book of Genesis: Chapters 1-17
This note about the deluge is followed by a list of thirty-nine postdiluvian kings. The length of reign for these postdiluvians is considerably shorter than their antediluvian counterparts. The longest reign here is that of Etana,9 for 1560 years.
Victor P. Hamilton, 1990
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The Genesis of Evolution: How God Created Darwinian ...
The recreation of the postdiluvian world converted all the dead people, animals, and plants into living plants, animals, and people. Various kinds of active wildernesses were spread over the earth. Created as well were all of the civilizations ...
Roger Williams, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTDILUVIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postdiluvian is used in the context of the following news items.
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White Label Coffee Looks Awesome, Is In Amsterdam
On the other, he is a morals master, led by a conscience long disciplined by Calvinist doctrine and postdiluvian community-mindedness. «Sprudge, May 15»
2
Ten Years After The Flood: A Letter From Our News Director
The roundtables, PowerPoints, handouts and name badges transported me back to the immediate postdiluvian years, to planning meetings, ... «WWNO, Mar 15»
3
Collection of essays looks at Hurricane Katrina's impact, before and …
... out threads of life, suffering and recovery in an effort to understand those networks, their development and their postdiluvian metamorphosis. «The Advocate, Feb 15»
4
Unpacking 'Noah' to redefine religiosity
However, in contrast to the biblical narrative, where it is explicit that G-d intends to restart the postdiluvian world with both animals and human ... «Haaretz, May 14»
5
'Noah's Ark,' at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Encountering these creatures, we become like postdiluvian children, just beginning to make sense of a new world, exhilarated by its ... «New York Times, Apr 14»
6
Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' Is a Hot, Wet, Cinematic Mess
Drawing on the postdiluvian activities ascribed to Noah in the Book of Genesis, Aronofsky has a brief sequence of him, lying alone in a drunken ... «Tablet Magazine, Mar 14»
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Noah: A Theological Reflection
Even after Noah grasps God's plan for the ark, his idea of the postdiluvian future continues to shift. This theme of uncertainty exists in tension ... «Catholic World Report, Mar 14»
8
The 'Noah' Movie Controversies: Questions and Answers
The film also depicts Ham witnessing his father's postdiluvian drunken nakedness, and Shem and Japeth covering their father. (Nothing more ... «National Catholic Register, Mar 14»
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Interview: 'Noah' Writer-Director Darren Aronofsky and Co-Writer Ari …
SDG: Like the postdiluvian dietary laws: Noah and his descendants are now allowed to eat animals, not just plants. Handel: And there definitely ... «National Catholic Register, Mar 14»
10
Whither the weather?
Mr Cameron should view this as a postdiluvian opportunity. Still 15 months from Britain's next election, his government appears to be running ... «The Economist, Feb 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Postdiluvian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/postdiluvian>. May 2024 ».
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