decolonialize

especially British, de·co·lo·ni·al·ise

[dee-kuh-loh-nee-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

decolonialized, decolonializing 

1. an uncommon variant of decolonize.

Other Word Forms

• decolonialization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of decolonialize¹

First recorded in 1920–25; de- ( def. ) + colonialize ( def. )

Example Sentences

The stated aim of this "developmental journalism" campaign is to make information better serve the developing countries' plans for economic growth and, as one oft-heard slogan has it, "decolonialize the news."

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