postcolonialism

English

Alternative forms

• post-colonialism

Etymology

post- +‎ colonialism

Noun

postcolonialism (countable and uncountable, plural postcolonialisms)

1. 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.
2. An academic discipline that attempts to analyse, explain, and respond to the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism.

Related terms

• postcolonial

Translations

era or attitude

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後殖民主義／后殖民主义 (hòuzhímín zhǔyì), 后殖民主义 (hòuzhímínzhǔyì)

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• Finnish: postkolonialismi, jälkikolonialismi
• French: please add this translation if you can

discipline

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後殖民主義／后殖民主义 (hòuzhímín zhǔyì), 后殖民主义 (hòuzhímínzhǔyì)

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• Finnish: jälkikolonialismin tutkimus
• French: please add this translation if you can