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post-colonial

post-colonial is the alternative form of postcolonial.

Meaning of postcolonial

Adjective

postcolonial (not comparable)

  1. Following the end of colonial rule.
    • In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule.
  2. Of or pertaining to postcolonialism.
    • a postcolonial theory of esthetics

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Questions about post-colonial

What is post-colonial the alternative form of?
Post-colonial is the alternative form of postcolonial.

Words near post-colonial in the dictionary

  1. post-chorus
  2. post-Christian
  3. post-circumcision
  4. post-classical
  5. post-coital
  6. post-colonial
  7. post-colonialism
  8. post-Columbian
  9. post-combat
  10. post-communist
  11. post-competition

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Adapted from Wiktionary: post-colonial (page history and authors); postcolonial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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