Definitions For Postcolonial

Noun

POSTCOLONIAL (plural POSTCOLONIALs) A person living in a postcolonial society.

Adjective

(not comparable) Following the end of colonial rule. : {{ux, en, In the postcolonial period, democracy alternated with military rule.}} (philosophy) Of or pertaining to postcolonialism. : {{ux, en, a postcolonial theory of esthetics}}

Derived terms

{{der3, en }}

Translations

Esperanto: postkolonia German: postkolonial Italian: postcoloniale Romanian: postcolonial Swedish: postkolonial French: postcolonial Polish: postkolonialny

Alternative forms

{{alt, en, post-colonial}}

Etymology

post + colonial

Anagrams

local options {{C, en, Colonialism}}

Is Postcolonial a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
21

The word Postcolonial is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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