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Postcolonial

A person living in a postcolonial society.

📖 Definitions of "Postcolonial"

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1
Following the end of colonial rule
"In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule."
2
Of or pertaining to postcolonialism
"a postcolonial theory of esthetics"

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Word	Definition
post-colonial	Alternative form of postcolonial. [Following the end of colonial rule.]
post-imperial	—
decolonial	Of or relating to decoloniality.
decolonizedverb	(transitive) To release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become independent.
independentnoun	Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
sovereignnoun	Having supreme, ultimate power.
self-governing	autonomous
autonomous	Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.
anticolonialnoun	(politics) Opposing colonialism.
postpolitical	After the end of traditional politics.
countercolonialnoun	(politics) Opposing colonialism.
postrevolutionarynoun	Occurring after a period of revolution.
postcommunistnoun	A person who holds power in postcommunism
postcapitalistnoun	A proponent of postcapitalism.
postcorporatenoun	Following the corporate; after the decline of corporations.
postconstitutional	After the adoption or decline of a political constitution.
retro-colonial	Pertaining to a modern "retro" interpretation of the US colonial era.
postliberalnoun	A proponent of postliberalism.
postbourgeoisnoun	(in Marxist philosophy) Relating to a period of society following the decline of the bourgeoisie
post-authoritarian	After an especially authoritarian social order.

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