decolonize
🇺🇸
/ˌdiːˈkɑːlənaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˌdiːˈkɒlənaɪz/
verb
R
To free a country or area from control by another country, allowing it to govern itself.
The country began to decolonize and take control of its own affairs.
R
To remove the influence of a more powerful culture or group from an institution or area.
Efforts to decolonize the education system aim to include diverse perspectives and histories.
translation
To free a country or area from control by another country, allowing it to govern itself.; To remove the influence of a more powerful culture or group from an institution or area.
Word Forms
3rd Present
decolonizes
Past
decolonized
Perfect
decolonized
Progressive
decolonizing