postcolonial

American  

[pohst-kuh-loh-nee-uhl] / ˌpoʊst kəˈloʊ ni əl /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of postcolonial

First recorded in 1930–35; post- + colonial

Example Sentences

Nkanu Nnamdi died at a hospital in Nigeria on Wednesday following a short illness, leaving the family of the acclaimed postcolonial feminist writer "devastated".

From BBC

A key figure in postcolonial feminist literature, her work explores themes around gender and immigration.

From BBC

Ireland, one of the first postcolonial states, also profited from the new empires of American finance and European regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Roy manages to set their lives within the whirlwind of India’s postcolonial cultural and political change.

From Los Angeles Times

By training, Sara is a historian of postcolonial Africa, and her career has been spent as a digital archivist at the Getty Museum.

From Los Angeles Times