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adjective post·co·lo·nial \ ˌpōst-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl , -nyəl \

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of postcolonial

:of, relating to, or being a time after colonialism

postcolonial America

Carter was the first American president to take seriously the entire postcolonial era that has remade the globe since World War II.
—Garry Wills

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Like most postcolonial countries with a history of brutal European occupation, Indonesia has a complex relationship with race, colorism and ethnic conflict.

— jennifer neal, The Root, "For Those Considering Blaxit, I Present to You: Jakarta," 17 Aug. 2017
Their grandmother—raised on a postcolonial island, in extreme poverty, descended from slaves—knew black suffering intimately.

— michelle w., Longreads, "Race in America Has Never Been an Either-Or Proposition," 21 June 2017
Nevertheless, Obama’s speech did inspire hope that the U.S. would begin to properly promote democracy, freedom, and stability in the postcolonial world.

— zareena grewal, The Atlantic, "The 'Muslim World' Does Not Exist," 21 May 2017
And looming above it all, like a professor who’s just been disappointed by his star pupil, is Edward Said, the Palestinian-American writer who helped found postcolonial studies.

— jacob silverman, The New Yorker, "A French Novelist Confronts Orientalism," 30 Mar. 2017

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