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decolonization definition

de·colo·ni·za·tion (dē käl′ə nə zā′s̸hən)

noun

the act or process of eliminating colonialism or freeing from colonial status
also decolonialization de′·co·lo′·ni·ali·za′·tion (dē′kə lō′nē əl ə zā′s̸hən)

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