After the fact. A measure taken in response to something which has already happened. Shutting the barn door after the horse has escaped. The opposite of preemptive.
"Would it seem postemptive if I wrote a letter of resignation?"
"They fired you last week."
"Yeah, well..."
"They fired you last week."
"Yeah, well..."
by Monkey's Dad March 11, 2020
Get the postemptivemug.