postcolonial

[pohst-kuh-loh-nee-uh l]

adjective

of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.

Origin of postcolonial

First recorded in 1930–35; post- + colonial

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Examples from the Web for post-colonial

Contemporary Examples of post-colonial

Surely it thematizes globalization and post-colonial cultural collisions, with a nod to neoconcrete anthropophagy?
Mona Lisa of the Coffee Shop
Blake Gopnik
February 5, 2013
But in the post-colonial world, the struggle between communism and anti-communism rarely had much to do with freedom.
Scooped
Peter Beinart
June 1, 2012

Historical Examples of post-colonial

Gilbert Stuart is usually considered the finest American painter of the post-Colonial period.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia
Dorothy M. Torpey

British Dictionary definitions for post-colonial

post-colonial

adjective

existing or occurring since a colony gained independencepost-colonial Nigeria

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