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Colonial vs Postcolonial - What's the difference?

colonial | postcolonial |

As adjectives the difference between colonial and postcolonial

is that colonial is of or pertaining to a colony while postcolonial is following the end of colonial rule.

As a noun colonial

is a person from a country that is or was controlled by another.

colonial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a colony.
  • Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
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  • (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
  • (US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
  • (US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.
  • postcolonial

    English

    Alternative forms

    *post-colonial

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Following the end of colonial rule
  • In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule.
  • (philosophy) Of or pertaining to postcolonialism
  • a postcolonial theory of esthetics

    Derived terms

    * postcolonialism * postcolonialist * postcoloniality * postcolonially