post-colonial
adjective politics specialized (also postcolonial) uk/ˌpəʊst.kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/ us/ˌpoʊst.kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
后殖民地的
happening in or relating to the period after the end of colonial rule (= control of a country by another country)
Many Europeans suffer from post-colonial guilt. 许多欧洲人怀有后殖民时代的罪恶感。
The prospects for democracy in Africa are probably better now than at any time in the postcolonial era.
Compare: post-imperial
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- She holds a PhD in French post-colonial literature from the University of Goa, India.
- Chief David Kidaha Makwaia of Tanzania was one of the last great bridges between colonial and post-colonial Africa.
- He remained unsympathetic to the efforts of the embryonic postcolonial nation-states to find their way.