Definition of decolonize
: to free from colonial status
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There’s a term for this process: decolonizing my mind.
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Then, after World War II, with the growing movement to decolonize various places around the world, particularly in the Caribbean and Africa and South America, that also had an impact on Puerto Rico.
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A: Decolonizing my mind has been a continual process of rethinking the values that guide my actions.
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Q: What has the process of decolonizing come to look like for you in practice?
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First Known Use of decolonize
1963
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