decolonialize

[ dee-kuh-loh-nee-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·co·lo·ni·al·ized, de·co·lo·ni·al·iz·ing.

1. an uncommon variant of decolonize.

Other Words From

• de·co·lo·ni·al·i·za·tion [dee-k, uh, -loh-nee-, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of decolonialize¹

First recorded in 1920–25; de- ( def ) + colonialize ( def )

Example Sentences

The stated aim of this "developmental journalism" campaign is to make information better serve the developing countries' plans for economic growth and, as one oft-heard slogan has it, "decolonialize the news."

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