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

Though Kincaid is most frequently identified as an accomplished novelist…her masterpiece may be her book-length travel essay about the failures of British colonialism and Antiguan postcolonial governance, A Small Place (1988). —Book Marks august 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025

India’s foreign policy carries the legacy of its postcolonial and Cold War experiences, particularly its ability to maintain autonomy amid competing superpower pressures. —Nirupama Rao, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2025

As the postcolonial and transnational feminist and professor of women and gender studies Chandra Talpade Mohanty affirms, feminist solidarity must incorporate differences without deleting them. —Vogue, 4 June 2025

From 1959 to 1990, LKY, as he’s known, engineered the country’s rise from postcolonial poverty to first-world prosperity. —Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for postcolonial

• baronial
• colonial
• anticolonial
• intercolonial
• neocolonial
• antimonial
• ceremonial
• matrimonial
• precolonial
• testimonial