DECOLONIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decolonization mean? 

• DECOLONIZATION (noun)
  The noun DECOLONIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the action of changing from colonial to independent status

  Familiarity information: DECOLONIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECOLONIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of changing from colonial to independent status

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

decolonisation; decolonization

Hypernyms ("decolonization" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Derivation:

decolonize (grant independence to (a former colony))

 Context examples 

However, some decolonization strategies are controversial because they require considerable amounts of topical antibiotics and have limited success, partly because they target only the nose and bacteria quickly recolonized from the gut.

(Study finds probiotic Bacillus eliminates Staphylococcus bacteria, National Institutes of Health)