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Imperialism vs Postcolonialism - What's the difference?

imperialism | postcolonialism |

As nouns the difference between imperialism and postcolonialism

is that imperialism is the policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations while postcolonialism is an era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.

imperialism

English

(wikipedia imperialism)

Noun

(-)
  • The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

    • See also

    * imperialist * imperialistic

    postcolonialism

    English

    Alternative forms

    *post-colonialism

    Noun

  • An era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.
  • An academic discipline that attempts to analyse, explain, and respond to the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism.

    • Related terms

    *postcolonial