Definition of post-communism in English:
post-communism
noun ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkɒmjʊnɪz(ə)m
Originally: an ideology or political system informed by but differing from communism. Later: the cultural or political situation following or resulting from a period of communist government, now especially that of eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
adjective ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkɒmjʊnɪz(ə)m
Of or relating to the period following the collapse of communism in Europe.
Origin
1930s. From post- + communism.
Definition of post-communism in US English:
post-communism
nounˌpəʊs(t)ˈkɒmjʊnɪz(ə)m
Originally: an ideology or political system informed by but differing from communism. Later: the cultural or political situation following or resulting from a period of communist government, now especially that of eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
adjectiveˌpəʊs(t)ˈkɒmjʊnɪz(ə)m
Of or relating to the period following the collapse of communism in Europe.
Origin
1930s. From post- + communism.