postcolonialist

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English

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Etymology

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From postcolonial +‎ -ist.

Adjective

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postcolonialist (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of postcolonial
    • 1995, Karen Pinkus, chapter 2, in Bodily Regimes: Italian Advertising under Fascism[1], Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 79:
      Would an image such as Boccasile’s staged power play still work in the context of the postcolonialist market?

Noun

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postcolonialist (plural postcolonialists)

  1. One who studies postcolonialism.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:
      Other critiques have not focussed on the lexicography but rather have situated Hobson-Jobson within a larger postcolonialist critique of the British imperial project.