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postcolonial studies

postcolonial studies noun: the study of the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism; postcolonialism.

Noun

postcolonial studies (uncountable)

  1. The study of the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism; postcolonialism.
    • The acceptance of postcolonial studies by a capitalist academia appears as a mode of containment, if not outright manipulation, of liberationist anticolonial energies.2016, Raphael Dalleo, editor, Bourdieu and Postcolonial Studies, Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, page 4

Questions about postcolonial studies

What does postcolonial studies mean?
Postcolonial studies means the study of the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism; postcolonialism.
What part of speech is postcolonial studies?
Postcolonial studies is a noun.

Words near postcolonial studies in the dictionary

  1. postcollision
  2. postcollisional
  3. postcollusion
  4. postcolonial
  5. postcolonial anarchism
  6. postcolonial studies
  7. postcolonialism
  8. postcolonialisms
  9. postcolonialist
  10. postcolonialists
  11. postcolonialities

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