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Definition of Decolonize
1. Verb. Grant independence to (a former colony). "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"
Generic synonyms: Liberate, Set Free
Antonyms: Colonise, Colonize
Derivative terms: Decolonisation, Decolonization
Definition of Decolonize
1. Verb. to release from the status of colony ¹
2. Verb. to allow a colony to become independent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decolonize
1. [v -NIZED, -NIZING, -NIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decolonize
Literary usage of Decolonize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Participatory Development: Learning from South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja (1991)
"... essential in societies where there is a need to decolonize the minds of the
people and where repressive institutions continue to prevent the release of ..."
2. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1889)
"Uric acid, creatin, chloral, chloroform, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxylamin salts,
which reduce Fehling's solution, do not decolonize the above test ..."
3. The Legitimacy of International Organizations by Jean-Marc Coicaud (2001)
"Although for Habermas, because of his focus on developments within the Western
welfare state, the problem is the opposite — how to decolonize a lifeworld ..."
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