decolonise

Questions about decolonise

What does decolonise mean?

decolonise means "grant independence to (a former colony)".

How many syllables are in decolonise?

decolonise has 4 syllables and divides as de-co-lo-nise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for decolonise?

Close synonyms include decolonize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of decolonise?

The recorded antonyms are colonise.

Is decolonise a common word?

decolonise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.