decolonization
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- post-decolonization noun
Vocabulary lists containing decolonization
Human Geography - High School
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The U.S. has long supported the right of self-determination for the people of Guam, said Jennifer Locetta, a U.S. official at the United Nations, during a U.N. meeting on decolonization last month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Algerian Ambassador Amar Bendjama said the text "does not faithfully or sufficiently reflect the UN doctrine on decolonization."
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
Global postwar decolonization and the struggle for equality proved to be lengthy and sometimes extremely bloody processes.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025
Instead, the gallery has nurtured a new generation of West Coast conceptualists who apply the philosophical rigor and satirical swagger of the 1960s and ’70s to contemporary issues like marginalization and decolonization.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024
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