decolonize
verb
(UKusuallydecolonise)uk/ˌdiːˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/us/ˌdiːˈkɑː.lə.naɪz/[IorT]
to make acountrythat waspreviouslyacolony(= acountrycontrolledby anothercountry)politicallyindependent; to getridofcolonies:
使非殖民化France is decolonising the IvoryCoast, where some 450Frenchscientists,technicians, andtheirfamiliesareworking.法国正在象牙海岸实现非殖民化，约有450名法国科学家、技术人员及其家属在那里工作。
He said that had it not been forWesterncolonialismand theunwillingnessof theGreatPowersto decolonizewisely, theoppressedofAsiawould never haveturnedtocommunism.他说，如果不是西方殖民主义和大国不愿明智地实现非殖民化，亚洲的受压迫者本来绝不会转向共产主义。
[I]
(of acolony) tobecomepoliticallyindependent:
（殖民地）去殖民化Many decolonizingterritoriesinAfrica, the Americas, and SoutheastAsiahad two or more ethnoterritorialgroupscompetingforcontrol.在非洲、美洲和东南亚的许多去殖民化的土地上，有两个或两个以上的民族领土群体在争夺控制权。
[T]social sciencespecialized
tochangesomething such as acurriculum(= alistofbooks,ideas, etc. to bestudied)in a way thatconsiderstheculturalbeliefsbehind it, forexamplethebeliefthatEuropeanwriters,artists, orideasarebetterand moreimportantthanonesfromcountriesthat werecolonized(=controlled)byEurope, and that gives moreimportanceto these non-Europeanwriters,artists, etc.:
（课程）去殖民化Decolonizing thecurriculumasksus tolookatoursharedassumptionsabout how theworldis,particularlyassumptionsregardingracialand civilizationalhierarchy.课程去殖民化要求我们审视我们对世界共同的假设，特别是关于种族和文明等级的假设。
- Not asquarefootofterritorywas decolonised in Churchill's secondterm(1951-55) -Indiahad already gone in 1947.
- By thetimetheworldprevailedupon Spain to decolonise, EquatorialGuineahad thebestmedicalservices, thelowestdeathrateand the secondhighestpercapitaincomeof any sub-SaharanAfricancountry.
- In the 1950s a decolonisingBritainwaslosingitsempire.
- How canartdecolonizeitsWestern-centricnormsandpractices?
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- Nat
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- self-determination