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The action of changing from colonial to independent status
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decolonization
Word definitions for decolonization in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Decolonization ( US ) or decolonisation ( UK ) is the undoing of colonialism , where a nation establishes and maintains its domination over dependent territories. The Oxford English Dictionary defines decolonization as "the withdrawal from its colonies ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1853 in political sense, American English, from de- + colonization . Earlier as a medical term.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
decolonization \decolonization\ n. 1. the action of changing from colonial to independent status. Syn: decolonisation.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the action of changing from colonial to independent status [syn: decolonisation ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence
Usage examples of decolonization.
If there had been no nildoror here at all, the presence of the sulidoror alone would have been enough to force the Company to relinquish possession of the planet when the decolonization movement reached its peak.
The Special Political and Decolonization Committee will attempt to consolidate the interests of all parties involved and hopefully diminish a source of growing regional conflict in the world.