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postcolonial

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post⋅co⋅lo⋅ni⋅al

[pohst-kuh-loh-nee-uhl]
–adjective
of or pertaining to the period following a state of colonialism.

Origin:
1930–35; post- + colonial
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post·co·lo·ni·al   (pōst'kə-lō'nē-əl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony: postcolonial economics.
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