post-colonialism

A form of postcolonialism — An era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounpost-colonialism (countable and uncountable, plural post-colonialisms)

plural post-colonialisms

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of postcolonialism.
Cite this entry
APA

post-colonialism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-colonialism

MLA

“post-colonialism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-colonialism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post-colonialism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-colonialism.

Source: post-colonialism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.