decolonization

English

Alternative forms

• decolonisation

Etymology

de- +‎ colonization

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

decolonization (countable and uncountable, plural decolonizations)

1. The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence.
2. (social sciences) The reverse of colonization, i.e. granting back autonomy to a group.
   • 2019, Nalini Mohabir, “Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence”, in Guardian.:

     But what does decolonisation have to do with place names? Place names are the meeting points of history and geography that shape part of our identities.

3. (medicine) The elimination of a colony of pathogens from the body of a patient, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

Synonyms

• (reverse of colonization):: decolonialization

Related terms

• decolonize

Translations

freeing of a colony from dependent status

• Afrikaans: dekolonisering
• Arabic: إنهاء الاستعمار m (ʔinhāʔ al-istiʕmār)
• Catalan: descolonització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 去殖民化 (qùzhímínhuà)

• Corsican: deculonizazione f, deculunizazione f, diculonizazione f, diculunizazione f
• Dutch: dekolonisatie (nl) f
• Finnish: siirtomaan itsenäistyminen, siirtomaavallan purkautuminen, dekolonisaatio
• French: décolonisation (fr) f
• Galician: descolonización (gl) f
• Georgian: დეკოლონიზაცია (deḳolonizacia)
• German: Entkolonialisierung (de) f, Dekolonisation (de) f
• Greek: αποαποικιοποίηση (el) f (apoapoikiopoíisi)
• Hebrew: דה-קולוניזציה f (de-qolonizatzia)
• Hungarian: dekolonizáció (hu)
• Italian: decolonizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 脱植民地化 (datsushokuminchika)
• Occitan: descolonizacion (oc) f
• Polish: dekolonizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: descolonização f
• Romanian: decolonizare (ro) f
• Russian: деколониза́ция (ru) (dekolonizácija)
• Sardinian: decolonizatzione f
• Sicilian: diculunizzazzioni f, diculonizzazzioni f
• Spanish: descolonización f
• Turkish: dekolonizasyon
• Ukrainian: деколоніза́ція f (dekolonizácija)