postcolonial

[ pohst-kuh-loh-nee-uh l ]
/ ˌpoʊst kəˈloʊ ni əl /

adjective

of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.

Origin of postcolonial

First recorded in 1930–35; post- + colonial

Words nearby postcolonial

postcode discrimination, postcode lottery, postcode prescribing, postcoital, postcoitus, postcolonial, postcomm, postcommissurotomy syndrome, postcommunion, postconciliar, postconsonantal

Example sentences from the Web for post-colonial

  • Surely it thematizes globalization and post-colonial cultural collisions, with a nod to neoconcrete anthropophagy?

    Mona Lisa of the Coffee Shop |Blake Gopnik |February 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

  • But in the post-colonial world, the struggle between communism and anti-communism rarely had much to do with freedom.

    Scooped |Peter Beinart |June 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

  • Gilbert Stuart is usually considered the finest American painter of the post-Colonial period.

    Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia |Dorothy M. Torpey

British Dictionary definitions for post-colonial

post-colonial

adjective

existing or occurring since a colony gained independence post-colonial Nigeria