单词	decolonization
释义	decolonization noun de·​col·​o·​ni·​za·​tion (ˌ)dē-ˌkä-lə-nə-ˈzā-shən  : the act or practice of decolonizing [Frantz] Fanon also described mental decolonization, the shedding of the colonizer's values and practices … Jackie Byars [Ngũgĩ wa] Thiong'o is a passionate advocate for African authors writing in their native tongue as a form of preserving culture and achieving linguistic decolonization. "Language, any language, has a dual character: it is both a means of communication and a carrier of culture," he has written. Jackie Bischof The 20th century may be defined in the West by the World Wars and the Cold War, but for much of the rest of the planet it was the age of decolonization, when old structures of (often racial) domination and power gave way to new states, new nations, and new politics. Kanishk Tharoor Word History First Known Use 1836, in the meaning defined above
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