decolonization

Definitions

1. The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence.
   countable, uncountable
2. The reverse of colonization, i.e. granting back autonomy to a group.
   countable, uncountable
3. The elimination of a colony of pathogens from the body of a patient, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In full decolonization mode, Greenlanders also have⟳ abandoned the Danish names that once gave some of us a precarious toehold on their island's geography. Nuuk, for example, appeared on children's geography board⟳ games until recently as Godthab.”

“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.”

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