decolonizingn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)diːˈkɒlənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/diˈkɑləˌnaɪzɪŋ/

Forms: see decolonize v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: decolonize v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < decolonize v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier decolonization n.

rare before later 20th cent.

The action of decolonize v. (in various senses); decolonization.Recorded earliest as a modifier.

ΚΠ

1877 19th Cent. July 820 The landed proprietor should see in the colonial outlet his best guarantee of safety, and..should sturdily resist the decolonising policy of the international school.

1949 Austral. 1949: Herald Year Bk. 235/1 External Affairs Department men say continued Dutch rule in our Near North, after the decolonising of the greater part of the Asia mainland, would create a ‘danger to the peace’ at Australia's front door.

1962 Sunday Times 28 Jan. 12/4 Our independence is no longer a question of demanding, but of planning, and the planning is really a question of decolonising.

2017 Sunday Independent (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. 2 As part of the decolonising of education at the university all first-year students would be introduced to a compulsory Pan African philosophy module this year.

Compounds

As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or involving the action or practice of decolonizing’.

ΚΠ

1877 19th Cent. July 820 The landed proprietor should see in the colonial outlet his best guarantee of safety, and..should sturdily resist the decolonising policy of the international school.

1971 Internat. Affairs 47 408 The unsurprising, though forthright axioms of an old fashioned imperialist in a decolonising age.

2008 K. Knopf Decolonizing Lens of Power ii. 63 This decolonizing process works in a twofold manner: first, as a political struggle..; and secondly, as an aesthetic struggle.

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

decolonizingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)diːˈkɒlənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/diˈkɑləˌnaɪzɪŋ/

Forms: see decolonize v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: decolonize v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < decolonize v. + -ing suffix².

rare before later 20th cent.

That decolonizes something (in various senses of decolonize v.); that carries out, encourages, or is undergoing decolonization.

ΚΠ

1758 S. Hale Let. 25 Sept. in J. Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. 18th Cent. (1817) II. 810 I have..given orders to send 400 of that book to all our Colonies in America,..sending with each parcel pressing letters to the several Governors against those decolonizing legions of evil spirits [i.e. alcoholic drinks].

1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Sept. 623/3 We are a decolonizing power coming to terms with populations we once ruled.

1979 Jrnl. S. Afr. Stud. 5 265 Southern Rhodesia came to possess..a power that was..an embarrassment in the decolonizing world of the 1950s.

2021 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 23 Apr. Thinkers and artists from around the world, from the British Isles, France, Germany, and Italy, from Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean, from decolonizing states in Africa and Asia, from India and Japan.

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

单词	decolonizing
释义	decolonizingn. Brit. /(ˌ)diːˈkɒlənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /diˈkɑləˌnaɪzɪŋ/ Forms: see decolonize v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: decolonize v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < decolonize v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier decolonization n. rare before later 20th cent. The action of decolonize v. (in various senses); decolonization.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΚΠ 1877 19th Cent. July 820 The landed proprietor should see in the colonial outlet his best guarantee of safety, and..should sturdily resist the decolonising policy of the international school. 1949 Austral. 1949: Herald Year Bk. 235/1 External Affairs Department men say continued Dutch rule in our Near North, after the decolonising of the greater part of the Asia mainland, would create a ‘danger to the peace’ at Australia's front door. 1962 Sunday Times 28 Jan. 12/4 Our independence is no longer a question of demanding, but of planning, and the planning is really a question of decolonising. 2017 Sunday Independent (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. 2 As part of the decolonising of education at the university all first-year students would be introduced to a compulsory Pan African philosophy module this year. Compounds As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or involving the action or practice of decolonizing’. ΚΠ 1877 19th Cent. July 820 The landed proprietor should see in the colonial outlet his best guarantee of safety, and..should sturdily resist the decolonising policy of the international school. 1971 Internat. Affairs 47 408 The unsurprising, though forthright axioms of an old fashioned imperialist in a decolonising age. 2008 K. Knopf Decolonizing Lens of Power ii. 63 This decolonizing process works in a twofold manner: first, as a political struggle..; and secondly, as an aesthetic struggle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). decolonizingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)diːˈkɒlənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /diˈkɑləˌnaɪzɪŋ/ Forms: see decolonize v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: decolonize v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < decolonize v. + -ing suffix². rare before later 20th cent. That decolonizes something (in various senses of decolonize v.); that carries out, encourages, or is undergoing decolonization. ΚΠ 1758 S. Hale Let. 25 Sept. in J. Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. 18th Cent. (1817) II. 810 I have..given orders to send 400 of that book to all our Colonies in America,..sending with each parcel pressing letters to the several Governors against those decolonizing legions of evil spirits [i.e. alcoholic drinks]. 1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Sept. 623/3 We are a decolonizing power coming to terms with populations we once ruled. 1979 Jrnl. S. Afr. Stud. 5 265 Southern Rhodesia came to possess..a power that was..an embarrassment in the decolonizing world of the 1950s. 2021 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 23 Apr. Thinkers and artists from around the world, from the British Isles, France, Germany, and Italy, from Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean, from decolonizing states in Africa and Asia, from India and Japan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1877adj.1758
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