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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These were the years in which capitalism shed its pitiless light on the absurd British soul, with its deep striations of caste and station, its postcolonial taint, most of all its perverted emotional core, full of love and loathing for its own extremes of domination and servitude.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Habib University's curriculum is based on an explicitly postcolonial perspective to develop a reparative form of education that is centered on the philosophical, spiritual, and ethical roots of Pakistan’s culture.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Despite the efforts of postcolonial governments, the result remains clear to this day: White South Africans, who make up 7 percent of the population, own farmland that covers the majority of the country’s territory.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
As The Bureau progresses through its seasons, the series emerges as a kind of meditation on postcolonial France, a country that must deal with geopolitical crises in regions tied to its imperial history without getting stomped on by the Americans.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Habib University's curriculum is based on an explicitly postcolonial perspective to develop a reparative form of education that is centered on the philosophical, spiritual, and ethical roots of Pakistan’s culture.
—Bryan Penprase, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Despite the efforts of postcolonial governments, the result remains clear to this day: White South Africans, who make up 7 percent of the population, own farmland that covers the majority of the country’s territory.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
As The Bureau progresses through its seasons, the series emerges as a kind of meditation on postcolonial France, a country that must deal with geopolitical crises in regions tied to its imperial history without getting stomped on by the Americans.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Postcolonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postcolonial. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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