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Independence vs Postindependence - What's the difference?

independence | postindependence |

As a noun independence

is the state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

As an adjective postindependence is

occurring after a country has achieved independence.

independence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
  • The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

    • postindependence

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring after a country has achieved independence
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 23, author=Joshua Hammer, title=The African Front, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=These are some of the most extraordinary and unsettling times in Kenya's postindependence history. }}