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单词 postcolonial
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postcolonial in British English

(ˌpəʊstkəˈləʊnɪəl)
adjective
existing or occurring after a period of colonization
postcolonial Africa

postcolonial in American English

(ˌpoustkəˈlouniəl)
adjective
of or pertaining to the period following a state of colonialism
Word origin
[1930–35; post- + colonial]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, cloverleaf, hypercorrection, kickback, old school tiepost- is a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,”occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital)

Examples of 'postcolonial' in a sentence
postcolonial

Nigeria, in fact, dominates the final section of the exhibition, which explores postcolonial culture.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
He also knows its late- and postcolonial history.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
It was the first academic conference on what would become known as postcolonial literature.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
Towards a critique of the postcolonial nation 256pp.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
Among the things they jettisoned was the graphic novel's postcolonial bias.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
We're not the only nation with a postcolonial desire to land a dig on the old oppressor.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The urge to be free, in the sense of unbeholden to anyone, is a defining postcolonial trope.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
There are many writers we might turn to for representations of colonial and postcolonial experience.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
Here, then, are the two sides to this story — the fascination and the postcolonial horror.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
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