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- noun mostly British same as
decolonization .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
decolonization .
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- noun the action of changing from colonial to independent status
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Examples
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The United Nations passed resolution 1514 (XV), the so-called decolonisation resolution in December 1960, with opposition from the colonial Powers and an abstention by the United States.
THE INTERNATIONAL IMPACT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION (1) 1982
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This may seem counter-intuitive, especially for those recalling decolonisation in the 1960s or sensing the growth of the boycott campaign.
unknown title 2009
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Murehwa North MP Alois Mangwende, in his contribution to the debate, said the Organisation of African Unity had a duty to assist "decolonisation" in South Africa.
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However, as an inevitable consequence of the development of the African revolution, as we have said, the liberation movements of southern Africa as well as the imperialists themselves are faced with the question, what kind of decolonisation shall this be!
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To a right-minded English person, the decolonisation of place names seems reasonable: re-establishing an indigenous geography warped by the British Empire.
Bombs, slums, and brightly-coloured balloons « Squares of Wheat 2009
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Madeleine Bunting over-simplifies and distorts Britain's predominantly successful, peaceful and honourable decolonisation record The endgames of our empire never quite played out – just look at Bahrain, 18 April.
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To a right-minded English person, the decolonisation of place names seems reasonable: re-establishing an indigenous geography warped by the British Empire.
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It was wrong to resist revolutions in France and the US; wrong to go slow over abolishing the slave trade; wrong to champion the Corn Laws; wrong to embrace appeasement in the 1930s; wrong to contest the decolonisation of India.
'As an act of crass stupidity, this has rarely been equalled' | Will Hutton 2011
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According to Meades, Charles de Gaulle gave up Algeria because decolonisation was fashionable in America.
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Dr Alexis Schwarzenbach, who is working on a history of the WWF, sums Huxley up as a complex liberal: In favour of decolonisation, a scientist, ecologist and eugenicist.
How the Observer brought the WWF into being Kate Kellaway 2010
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