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BNC: 38976 COCA: 22333

decolonization

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decolonization noun
also British decolonisation /diˌkɑːlənəˈzeɪʃən/ Brit /diˌkɒləˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/
decolonization
noun
also British decolonisation /diˌkɑːlənəˈzeɪʃən/ Brit /diˌkɒləˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Learner's definition of DECOLONIZATION
[noncount]
: the process of making a colony or a group of colonies independent非殖民(地)化;殖民地独立
BNC: 38976 COCA: 22333

decolonization

noun

de·​col·​o·​ni·​za·​tion (ˌ)dē-ˌkä-lə-nə-ˈzā-shən How to pronounce decolonization (audio)
: the act or practice of decolonizing
[Frantz] Fanon also described mental decolonization, the shedding of the colonizer's values and practices … Jackie Byars
[Ngũgĩ wa] Thiong'o is a passionate advocate for African authors writing in their native tongue as a form of preserving culture and achieving linguistic decolonization. "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and a carrier of culture," he has written. Jackie Bischof
The 20th century may be defined in the West by the World Wars and the Cold War, but for much of the rest of the planet it was the age of decolonization, when old structures of (often racial) domination and power gave way to new states, new nations, and new politics. Kanishk Tharoor

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of decolonization was in 1836
BNC: 38976 COCA: 22333

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