independence
noun
Also the state or quality of being independent.
preindependence
-
a word derived from
independence.
Example Sentences
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First on the list was the Congo's preindependence debt of $920 million.
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Last week Prime Minister Botha broke the impasse by pledging to choose between two voting methods for Namibia's preindependence elections.
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The mineral-rich southeastern province of Katanga in preindependence days supplied 60% of the revenue of the Congo government and most of the wealth the Belgians drew from the colony.
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Rwanda's preindependence history held special ironies: while colonial rule was far less strict in Rwanda than in South Africa or Rhodesia, the legacy of Belgian rule all but guaranteed the violence that has erupted.
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Joining forces with Surinam's 63,000 Javanese, the Creoles took control of the preindependence assembly in 1973 elections.
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