decolonialize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of decolonialize
First recorded in 1920–25; de- ( def. ) + colonialize ( def. )
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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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