decolonization

[dee-kahl-uh-nahy-zay-shuhn]

noun

1. the act, process, or practice of decolonizing.

Other Word Forms

• post-decolonization noun

Example Sentences

It is driven in part by a philosophy known in some academic circles as AI decolonization.

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He’s a man of the Marxist Third World left who came of age when Africa went through its messy, often violent, years of decolonization.

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Global postwar decolonization and the struggle for equality proved to be lengthy and sometimes extremely bloody processes.

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As jazz celebrities rallied to the cause of African decolonization, secret Western interests saw an opportunity for exploitation in this documentary eye-opener.

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The bold, unconventional “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” intertwines jazz with decolonization in its telling of newfound, fragile Congolese independence during the Cold War.

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