Usually means: Reflective conclusion following the main text.
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  1. afterword: Merriam-Webster
  2. afterword: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. afterword: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. afterword: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Afterword, afterword: Wordnik
  6. afterword: Wiktionary
  7. afterword: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. afterword: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. afterword: Dictionary.com
  10. Afterword: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. afterword: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. afterword: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  an epilogue.
▸ noun:  (of a letter) a postscript.
▸ noun:  (to a book) an appendix.

Similar:
postlude, aftertale, afterstory, post scriptum, backword, postscriptum, postface, post-postscript, afterthought, postscript, more...

Opposite:
foreword, introduction, preface

Types:
epilogue, conclusion, postscript, endnote, more...

Adjectives:
new, brief, short, critical, long, fine, historical, page, editorial, lengthy, blank

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Similar:
postlude, aftertale, afterstory, post scriptum, backword, postscriptum, postface, post-postscript, afterthought, postscript, more...

Opposite:
foreword, introduction, preface

Types:
epilogue, conclusion, postscript, endnote, more...

Adjectives:
new, brief, short, critical, long, fine, historical, page, editorial, lengthy, blank



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