decolonizationnoun [ U ]
UK usually decolonisation uk/diːˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/diːˌkɑː.lə.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/the process in which a country that was previously a colony (= controlled by another country) becomes politically independent
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Colonisation & self-government
- annex
- autonomous
- autonomy
- client state
- colonial
- crown colony
- dependency
- devolution
- devolve
- devolve sth to sb
- Independence Day
- nationalism
- nationalist
- neocolonialism
- non-aligned
- self-rule
- separatism
- separatist
- the British Empire
- the free world
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