postcolonialadj.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊs(t)kəˈləʊnɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊs(t)kəˈloʊnjəl/,

/ˌpoʊs(t)kəˈloʊniəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: post- prefix, colonial adj.

Etymology: < post- prefix + colonial adj. Compare earlier pre-colonial adj. at pre- prefix 2a(a)(vi).

1. Occurring or existing after the end of colonial rule; of or relating to a former colony. In later use also: of or relating to the cultural condition of a former colony, esp. regarding its relationship with the former colonial power.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of other specific periods

Georgian1745

romancean1804

early modern1817

federal1838

Jacobean1844

post-Reformation1850

pre-Reformation1855

postcolonial1861

post-Renaissance1874

post-conquest1880

post-conquestual1880

Jacobian1883

post-pyramidal1883

pre-industrial1883

early American1895

bow-and-arrow1899

palaeotechnic1904

Renaissancist1932

steam age1941

Carolinian1949

postcolonialist1957

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [adjective] > relating to colonial system > before or after colonial rule

postcolonial1861

pre-colonial1867

postcolonialist1957

1861 New-Hampshire Statesman 29 June The following States have published colonial and post-colonial records and documents.

1916 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 21 458 No doubt the political function of the church was more obvious and simple in post-Colonial days than it is now.

1959 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 6/2 It was probably inevitable that India, in the full flush of post-colonial sensitivity, should fear that association with the America of that period might involve her unnecessarily in troubles which were little to do with Asia.

1974 ‘G. Black’ Golden Cockatrice iii. 57 If there's one thing worse than..rampant colonialism..it's post-colonial dictatorship.

2015 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. (Late ed.) a23/5 All this is happening in a post-imperial, post-colonial and increasingly post-authoritarian world.

2. Of or relating to a theoretical approach in various disciplines that is concerned with the lasting cultural and social impact of colonialism. Cf. postcolonialism n. 2.

ΚΠ

1970 Jrnl. Asian & Afr. Stud. 5 314 The emphasis of the volume is on post-colonial studies in sub-Saharan Africa.

1987 Callaloo No. 33. 689 The problematic opposition of ‘universal’ and ‘regional’ values in post-colonial literary criticism.

2002 Wasafiri Spring 66/2 Postcolonial studies have spatialised the world to exclude minority histories within Europe.

2014 New Yorker 8 Dec. 64/1 Hans Ulrich Obrist..likes to quote..the postcolonial scholar Homi Bhabha's observation that ‘in-betweenness is a fundamental condition of our times’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	postcolonial
释义	postcolonialadj. Brit. /ˌpəʊs(t)kəˈləʊnɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)kəˈloʊnjəl/, /ˌpoʊs(t)kəˈloʊniəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: post- prefix, colonial adj. Etymology: < post- prefix + colonial adj. Compare earlier pre-colonial adj. at pre- prefix 2a(a)(vi). 1. Occurring or existing after the end of colonial rule; of or relating to a former colony. In later use also: of or relating to the cultural condition of a former colony, esp. regarding its relationship with the former colonial power. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of other specific periods Georgian1745 romancean1804 early modern1817 federal1838 Jacobean1844 post-Reformation1850 pre-Reformation1855 postcolonial1861 post-Renaissance1874 post-conquest1880 post-conquestual1880 Jacobian1883 post-pyramidal1883 pre-industrial1883 early American1895 bow-and-arrow1899 palaeotechnic1904 Renaissancist1932 steam age1941 Carolinian1949 postcolonialist1957 society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [adjective] > relating to colonial system > before or after colonial rule postcolonial1861 pre-colonial1867 postcolonialist1957 1861 New-Hampshire Statesman 29 June The following States have published colonial and post-colonial records and documents. 1916 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 21 458 No doubt the political function of the church was more obvious and simple in post-Colonial days than it is now. 1959 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 6/2 It was probably inevitable that India, in the full flush of post-colonial sensitivity, should fear that association with the America of that period might involve her unnecessarily in troubles which were little to do with Asia. 1974 ‘G. Black’ Golden Cockatrice iii. 57 If there's one thing worse than..rampant colonialism..it's post-colonial dictatorship. 2015 N.Y. Times 29 Apr. (Late ed.) a23/5 All this is happening in a post-imperial, post-colonial and increasingly post-authoritarian world. 2. Of or relating to a theoretical approach in various disciplines that is concerned with the lasting cultural and social impact of colonialism. Cf. postcolonialism n. 2. ΚΠ 1970 Jrnl. Asian & Afr. Stud. 5 314 The emphasis of the volume is on post-colonial studies in sub-Saharan Africa. 1987 Callaloo No. 33. 689 The problematic opposition of ‘universal’ and ‘regional’ values in post-colonial literary criticism. 2002 Wasafiri Spring 66/2 Postcolonial studies have spatialised the world to exclude minority histories within Europe. 2014 New Yorker 8 Dec. 64/1 Hans Ulrich Obrist..likes to quote..the postcolonial scholar Homi Bhabha's observation that ‘in-betweenness is a fundamental condition of our times’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.1861
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