postcolonial

adjective

post·co·lo·nial ˌpōst-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl

-nyəl

: 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

Examples of postcolonial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While her earlier works focused on dress as a mode of empowerment for the economically and socially marginalized, newer works are themed around postcolonial histories and regeneration. —

News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024 During this same period, India emerged as the de facto leader of a consortium of postcolonial developing countries reluctant to embrace trade liberalization. —

Trevor Sutton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2024 Sara Raza is a curator and writer specializing in postcolonial and post-Soviet perspectives. —

Sara Raza, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024 Academic analysts and policymakers in the West began using the term in the late 1950s after the emergence of independent postcolonial states from British India in 1947. —

Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for postcolonial

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