decolonization
/diːˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The elimination of a colony of pathogens from the body of a patient, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In full decolonization mode, Greenlanders also have abandoned the Danish names that once gave some of us a precarious toehold on their island's geography. Nuuk, for example, appeared on children's geography board games until recently as Godthab."
- "But what does decolonisation have to do with place names? Place names are the meeting points of history and geography that shape part of our identities."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English colonize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English colonization English decolonization From de- + colonization.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /diːˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/