In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule.
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Postcolonial
Synonyms for "postcolonial" (1 found)
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9 translations across 8 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- postkolonia adj (following the end of colonial rule)
French
1 entries- postcolonial adj (of or pertaining to postcolonialism)
German
1 entries- postkolonial adj (following the end of colonial rule)
Indonesian
2 entries- pascakolonial adj (following the end of colonial rule)
- pascakolonial adj (of or pertaining to postcolonialism)
Italian
1 entries- postcoloniale adj (following the end of colonial rule)
Polish
1 entries- postkolonialny adj (of or pertaining to postcolonialism)
Romanian
1 entries- postcolonial adj (following the end of colonial rule)
Swedish
1 entries- postkolonial adj (following the end of colonial rule)
Sample sentences
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The post-1990s retreat of manufacturing industry in many postcolonial cities across the world and the demands of first world capitalism paved the way to financial and service industries, such that the postcolonial city begins to function as a “node of an inter-metropolitan and global network carrying out information processing and control functions.”
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a postcolonial theory of esthetics
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There can be no doubt that Derrida's contribution to postcolonialism is not as clearly politicized as that of Fanon, Sartre or Gandhi, but it is nevertheless crucial in its careful consideration of the contrasting ethics and politics that might inform postcolonial thought.
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