disimperialismn.
/dɪsɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪz(ə)m/ The reversal of imperialism; the acquisition of independence by former imperial territories.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from imperial subjection
decolonization1836
disimperialism1959
1959 J. Strachey End of Empire xiv. 214 The steady march of a voluntary, or at least largely non-violent, process of dis-imperialism.
1962 Economist 6 Jan. 14/2 Rhodesia, where Britain faces its most painful test of disimperialism.
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