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post-colonial

British  

adjective

  1. existing or occurring since a colony gained independence

    post-colonial Nigeria

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Far” traces expansion in two directions: geographic, as Norton’s eye moved beyond California to Japan, Cuba, England; and social, into work breaking new ground on questions of gender, sexuality and post-colonial histories.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

In the past, and under her own label, she has explored themes of identity and post-colonial heritage.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Too often, he found, they relied on "clichéd", post-colonial motifs.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

The 1981 Booker Prize win for “Midnight’s Children” established him as a dynamic voice of post-colonial literature.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

The latter edifice is post-colonial in date, but, like many other buildings of its class, shows the conservative methods of the early builders and their immediate followers trained under their instruction and example.

From Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various

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