decolonize (English, verb)
expansion: decolonize (third-person singular simple present decolonizes, present participle decolonizing, simple past and past participle decolonized)
Senses:
glosses: To release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become independent.
tags: transitive
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: To reverse the colonization of, i.e. to grant back autonomy to a group.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: decolonizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: decolonizing
tags: participle
present
form: decolonized
tags: participle
past
form: decolonized
tags: past