postlapsarian
/ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən/
postlapsarian means pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
postlapsarian is pronounced /ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən/.
Why “postlapsarian” is a great word
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the period or state following a great fall, especially the theological condition of sin, toil, and mortality after the biblical expulsion from Eden. From post- ("after") + Latin lapsus ("fall, slip") + -arian ("of or pertaining to"), first attested in the mid-18th century. Unlike "prelapsarian," which evokes a lost innocence forever sealed away, or "secular," which describes a world without this foundational myth, postlapsarian is steeped in the weight of irreversible loss. It is the taste of dust after honey, the ache of a blister forming beneath a new shoe, and the weary acceptance of a thorn growing beside every rose—the quiet, indelible knowledge that we are all born into the middle of a sentence that begins with a fall.
Etymology
From post- (“after”) + lapsus (“of the fall”) + -arian (“of or pertaining to”).
adj
- Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
- The state of being which followed The Fall (the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden).