decolonization

Decolonization is defined as the act of getting rid of colonization, or freeing a country from being dependent on another country.

(noun)

An example of decolonization is India becoming independent from England after World War II.

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See decolonization in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act or process of eliminating colonialism or freeing from colonial status

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