decolonize
verb (used with object)
to release (a country or region) from the status of a colony, or to allow (a colony) to become self-governing or independent.
decolonise
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a variation of
decolonize.
Example Sentences
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"Let's decolonise technology," one demonstrator had written on a sign.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
"We need to decolonise the term 'Benin Bronzes' itself," she explained.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
And efforts to "decolonise" the curriculum are one example.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2021
In one sense, revisiting Wayne’s views is important: we should be mindful to revise and decolonise the film canon, and it’s essential to reassess cinema’s heroes in the light of our shifting politics.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2019
In four minutes, the queen of the ASMR-inducing rap tingle slickly tells us to decolonise our beauty regimes and ditch a man who didn’t treat us properly.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2018
