Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
antebellum \antebellum\ adj.
1. belonging to a period before a war, especially the
American Civil War.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
antebellum
adj 1: belonging to a period before a war especially the
American Civil War