decolonial en · ADJ
Etymology
From de- + colonial.
Meanings
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Of or relating to decoloniality.
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.
2025 June 7, Edward Helmore, “Professor sues University of California for suspension over comments about Israel’s war in Gaza”, in The Guardian: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.
2015 November 9, Alana Lentin, “'Real Australians' are a myth and 'saying welcome' to refugees is not enough”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more decolonial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most decolonial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (2)
de dekolonial (relating to decoloniality) · nl dekoloniaal (relating to decoloniality)