decolonize
verb (UK usually decolonise) uk/ˌdiːˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/ us/ˌdiːˈkɑː.lə.naɪz/
[ I or T ]使非殖民化
to make a country that was previously a colony (= a country controlled by another country) politically independent; to get rid of colonies
France is decolonising the Ivory Coast, where some 450 French scientists, technicians, and their families are working. 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 for Western colonialism and the unwillingness of the Great Powers to decolonize wisely, the oppressed of Asia would never have turned to communism. 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 ]（殖民地）去殖民化
(of a colony) to become politically independent
Many decolonizing territories in Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia had two or more ethnoterritorial groups competing for control. 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 science specialized（课程）去殖民化
to change something such as a curriculum (= a list of books, ideas, etc. to be studied) in a way that considers the cultural beliefs behind it, for example the belief that European writers, artists, or ideas are better and more important than ones from countries that were colonized (= controlled) by Europe, and that gives more importance to these non-European writers, artists, etc.
Decolonizing the curriculum asks us to look at our shared assumptions about how the world is, particularly assumptions regarding racial and civilizational hierarchy. 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。
- More examples
- Not a square foot of territory was decolonised in Churchill's second term (1951-55) - India had already gone in 1947.
- By the time the world prevailed upon Spain to decolonise, Equatorial Guinea had the best medical services, the lowest death rate and the second highest per capita income of any sub-Saharan African country.
- In the 1950s a decolonising Britain was losing its empire.
- How can art decolonize its Western-centric norms and practices?