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noun
An era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An academic discipline that attempts to analyse, explain, and respond to the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: postcolonial studies
Antonyms: none provided
History
From post- + colonialism.
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