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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In this postcolonial novel about truth, ambition, and identity, Gurnah follows the two men as their paths cross over several decades.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
In newer nations, the same process of one group’s trying to establish its dominance has sparked numerous conflicts: the twentieth century offers many examples of such strife in postcolonial countries.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The novel is both an epic about individual people caught up in the Biafran War as well as a commentary on the way those people conceive of postcolonial identity.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
In newer nations, the same process of one group’s trying to establish its dominance has sparked numerous conflicts: the twentieth century offers many examples of such strife in postcolonial countries.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
The novel is both an epic about individual people caught up in the Biafran War as well as a commentary on the way those people conceive of postcolonial identity.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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
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“Postcolonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postcolonial. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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