postcolonial
adjective
post·co·lo·nial
ˌpōst-kə-ˈlō-nē-əl 
-nyəl
: of, relating to, or being a time after colonialism
postcolonial America
Carter was the first American president to take seriously the entire postcolonial era that has remade the globe since World War II.—
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Surveying over a hundred countries that gained independence from Western powers over the last three centuries, the book finds that colonies that allowed electoral assemblies and other representative bodies had greatly improved chances for building functional postcolonial democracies.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Still, the evidence of Chinese abuses is substantial, and the reasons for ignoring it run deep into ideologies about the injustices of a postcolonial world, at least among some elements of the political left.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The museum's launch, in 2003, was the first major impetus for the emergence of a robust new Bahamas art scene tackling issues of race, gender, and postcolonial identity.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
In 2003, as Said was dying of leukemia, a Hoover Institute fellow would testify before Congress that, by helping to found postcolonial studies while at Columbia, Said had effectively undermined American foreign policy.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Still, the evidence of Chinese abuses is substantial, and the reasons for ignoring it run deep into ideologies about the injustices of a postcolonial world, at least among some elements of the political left.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The museum's launch, in 2003, was the first major impetus for the emergence of a robust new Bahamas art scene tackling issues of race, gender, and postcolonial identity.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
In 2003, as Said was dying of leukemia, a Hoover Institute fellow would testify before Congress that, by helping to found postcolonial studies while at Columbia, Said had effectively undermined American foreign policy.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Postcolonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postcolonial. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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