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Following the end of colonial rule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule.
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Of or pertaining to postcolonialism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
Examples
- a postcolonial theory of esthetics
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
A person living in a postcolonial society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial English postcolonial From post- + colonial.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Esperanto:
postkolonia
— following the end of colonial rule
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German:
postkolonial
— following the end of colonial rule
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Hindi:
उत्तर औपनिवेशिक
(uttar aupniveśik)
— following the end of colonial rule
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Indonesian:
pascakolonial
— following the end of colonial rule
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Italian:
postcoloniale
— following the end of colonial rule
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Romanian:
postcolonial
— following the end of colonial rule
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Swedish:
postkolonial
— following the end of colonial rule
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French:
postcolonial
— of or pertaining to postcolonialism
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Hindi:
उत्तर औपनिवेशिक
(uttar aupniveśik)
— of or pertaining to postcolonialism
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Indonesian:
pascakolonial
— of or pertaining to postcolonialism
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Polish:
postkolonialny
— of or pertaining to postcolonialism