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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person living in a postcolonial society.

Adjective

1. 1
   Following the end of colonial rule. not-comparable

   "In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule."

2. 2
   Of or pertaining to postcolonialism. not-comparable

   "a postcolonial theory of esthetics"

Synonyms

All synonyms

postcolonialist

Example

More examples

"In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule."

Etymology

From post- + colonial.

Related phrases

postcolonial anarchismpostcolonial studies

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