In 1967, the UN formally call on Spain to decolonize Western Sahara.
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Decolonize
//diːˈkɒlənaɪz//
Synonyms for "decolonize" (3 found)
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Related words (1)
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Translations
11 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- descolonitzar verb (to release from the status of colony)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 使非殖民化 verb (to release from the status of colony)
- 去殖民化 verb (to release from the status of colony)
French
1 entries- décoloniser verb (to release from the status of colony)
Italian
1 entries- decolonizzare verb (to release from the status of colony)
Portuguese
1 entries- descolonizar verb (to release from the status of colony)
Russian
1 entries- деколонизи́ровать verb (to release from the status of colony)
Spanish
1 entries- descolonizar verb (to release from the status of colony)
Tagalog
1 entries- hisakupin verb (to release from the status of colony)
Ukrainian
2 entries- деколонізо́вувати verb (to release from the status of colony)
- деколонізува́ти verb (to release from the status of colony)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A paternal government would attempt to decolonize American literature, by forbidding the re-publication of foreign works, and offering premiums to those of home production.
Source: wiktionary
Across Ukraine, officials are starting projects to, as they say, “decolonize” their cities. Streets and subway stops whose names evoke the history of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union are under scrutiny by a population eager to rid itself of traces of the nation that invaded in late February.
Source: wiktionary
The arrival of Trump in the White House gave a new urgency to the idea that museums needed to “decolonize” their collections, atone for their past elitism, and become overtly political institutions rather than mere warehouses of valuable objects.
Source: wiktionary
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