Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decolonial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: de-colo-nial
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to decoloniality.

Example Sentences

"It was called for and led by the “Mafed collective of women experiencing racism” and supported by a host of international decolonial and antiracist activists, scholars and public figures – including the former Black Panther, Angela Davis."
"The suit was filed by Rupa Marya, an internal medicine physician and professor at UCSF, identified as an expert in decolonial theory. Marya was placed on leave in September 2024 and had her clinical privileges briefly suspended by the UCSF executive medical board following comments she made on X that questioned the impacts of Zionism as “a supremacist, racist ideology” on healthcare."

Etymology

From de- + colonial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de-

Inflected Forms

more decolonial (comparative) most decolonial (superlative)

Derived Forms

decolonially

Questions

What does decolonial mean?: Of or relating to decoloniality.
Where does decolonial come from?: From de- + colonial.

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