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Noun

1. 1
   The process of deimperializing; the dismantling or formal ending of an empire. uncountable

   "Perhaps the British should study Turkey; God knows, we need models for de-imperialisation."

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"Perhaps the British should study Turkey; God knows, we need models for de-imperialisation."

Etymology

From de- + imperialization.

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